iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 810,467 shares, an increase of 148.5% from the May 31st total of 326,144 shares. Currently, 2.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 724,656 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 2.4% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 19,330 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,597,000 after acquiring an additional 459 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 42.0% in the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 10,534 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $870,000 after purchasing an additional 3,115 shares during the last quarter. Rathbones Group PLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 21,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,937,000 after purchasing an additional 898 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $142,000. Finally, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 155.1% during the third quarter. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI now owns 97,790 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,091,000 after buying an additional 59,450 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of AAXJ traded down $0.22 on Monday, reaching $116.64. The stock had a trading volume of 201,315 shares, compared to its average volume of 906,506. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.11 billion, a PE ratio of 15.30 and a beta of 0.72. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a twelve month low of $81.90 and a twelve month high of $124.89. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $115.10 and a 200 day moving average of $104.46.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a dividend of $0.4208 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

About iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index). The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure equity market performance of the 12 countries, such as Australia, China, Honk Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.