Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Buys New Stake in iShares MSCI Italy ETF $EWI

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF (NYSEARCA:EWI) in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 129,442 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $6,724,000. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans owned about 1.08% of iShares MSCI Italy ETF at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF by 1,596.5% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 910 shares in the last quarter. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Italy ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $64,000. Simplex Trading LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI Italy ETF by 365.8% in the second quarter. Simplex Trading LLC now owns 3,307 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $159,000 after purchasing an additional 2,597 shares during the last quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Italy ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $192,000. Finally, Trust Co. of Oklahoma acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Italy ETF during the third quarter worth approximately $204,000. 37.96% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Italy ETF Trading Down 2.2%

Shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF stock opened at $55.70 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $54.59 and a 200-day simple moving average of $52.36. iShares MSCI Italy ETF has a 12-month low of $36.20 and a 12-month high of $57.69. The stock has a market cap of $718.53 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.30 and a beta of 1.01.

iShares MSCI Italy ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Italy Capped Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Italy 25/50 Index (Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Milan Stock Exchange. The Underlying Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no single issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Underlying Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Underlying Index weight.