Washington Growth Strategies LLC Grows Position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF $XRT

Washington Growth Strategies LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) by 8,997.1% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 6,277 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,208 shares during the quarter. Washington Growth Strategies LLC’s holdings in SPDR S&P Retail ETF were worth $484,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. NBC Securities Inc. boosted its position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 107,900.0% during the first quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 1,080 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $74,000 after buying an additional 1,079 shares during the last quarter. CX Institutional boosted its position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 2,518.4% during the first quarter. CX Institutional now owns 1,283 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $89,000 after buying an additional 1,234 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 51.8% during the first quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 13,126 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $907,000 after buying an additional 4,481 shares during the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF in the first quarter worth about $188,000. Finally, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. boosted its position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 132.3% in the first quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 16,371 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,122,000 after purchasing an additional 9,323 shares during the last quarter.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:XRT opened at $86.99 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $352.31 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.70 and a beta of 1.31. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $84.59 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $77.46. SPDR S&P Retail ETF has a 52-week low of $61.33 and a 52-week high of $89.41.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Profile

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the S&P Retail Select Industry Index (the Index). The Index is an equal weighted market cap index. The Index represents the retail sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Market Index. The Fund invests in industries, such as apparel retail, automotive retail, food retail, department stores, Internet retail, general merchandise stores, drug retail, and hypermarkets and super centers.