BNP Paribas Financial Markets Raises Holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF $GDXJ

BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 56.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,355,079 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 488,893 shares during the quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets owned about 1.59% of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF worth $134,193,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GDXJ. Truist Financial Corp grew its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 1.4% during the third quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 8,543 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $846,000 after buying an additional 116 shares in the last quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. raised its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 98.1% in the third quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 321 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 159 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 3.1% in the third quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 6,010 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $605,000 after buying an additional 183 shares in the last quarter. Smith Moore & CO. lifted its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 0.3% in the third quarter. Smith Moore & CO. now owns 67,533 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,688,000 after buying an additional 195 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC boosted its position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 4.1% during the third quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 5,102 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $505,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares during the last quarter.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Trading Down 2.6%

Shares of NYSEARCA GDXJ opened at $135.36 on Thursday. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a 12-month low of $49.33 and a 12-month high of $157.49. The stock has a market cap of $11.25 billion, a PE ratio of 24.09 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a 50-day moving average of $134.57 and a 200 day moving average of $111.39.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Company Profile

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index (the Index). The Index provides exposure to a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the Company’s revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver.