iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Stock Position Raised by Phoenix Financial Ltd.

Phoenix Financial Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 106.9% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 55,536 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 28,692 shares during the period. Phoenix Financial Ltd.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $4,455,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of EWJ. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 60.6% in the 2nd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,677,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $200,715,000 after purchasing an additional 1,010,345 shares during the period. Johns Hopkins University purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the second quarter valued at about $57,761,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 44.9% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,261,058 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $94,540,000 after buying an additional 390,526 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% in the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $29,199,000 after buying an additional 388,318 shares during the period. Finally, BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 57.6% in the second quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp now owns 1,037,186 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $77,758,000 after acquiring an additional 378,947 shares in the last quarter. 64.60% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

EWJ stock opened at $84.63 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 52-week low of $59.84 and a 52-week high of $86.00. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $82.69 and its 200-day simple moving average is $80.62.

About iShares MSCI Japan ETF

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.