Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund Sells 425,000 Shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF $GDXJ

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund trimmed its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 85.0% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 75,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 425,000 shares during the period. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund owned 0.10% of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF worth $9,003,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of GDXJ. Baird Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 22.2% during the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 26,075 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,762,000 after purchasing an additional 4,731 shares during the last quarter. Amundi increased its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 97.1% in the second quarter. Amundi now owns 138,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,418,000 after purchasing an additional 68,000 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 15.7% in the second quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 39,266 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,654,000 after buying an additional 5,320 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the second quarter worth about $7,914,000. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 13.8% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 14,604 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $987,000 after buying an additional 1,767 shares in the last quarter.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Trading Down 2.2%

Shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF stock opened at $96.78 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $6.99 billion, a PE ratio of 24.09 and a beta of 0.84. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $103.44 and a 200 day moving average of $119.83. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a 12 month low of $63.90 and a 12 month high of $157.49.

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.