819,917 Shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF $EWC Purchased by Stairway Partners LLC

Stairway Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF (NYSEARCA:EWC) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 819,917 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $47,867,000. iShares MSCI Canada ETF accounts for approximately 2.3% of Stairway Partners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th largest position.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its stake in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 52.4% in the first quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 4,841,833 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $265,284,000 after buying an additional 1,663,788 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 8.1% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,081,714 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $114,057,000 after acquiring an additional 156,792 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 5.4% during the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,800,052 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $98,625,000 after acquiring an additional 91,652 shares during the last quarter. Korea Investment CORP increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 5.7% during the 4th quarter. Korea Investment CORP now owns 1,757,957 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,807,000 after acquiring an additional 94,857 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Graham Capital Management L.P. raised its stake in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 525.5% in the 4th quarter. Graham Capital Management L.P. now owns 806,849 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $43,513,000 after acquiring an additional 677,849 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF stock opened at $58.28 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $60.76 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.66. iShares MSCI Canada ETF has a 1 year low of $49.31 and a 1 year high of $62.71. The company has a market capitalization of $7.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.77 and a beta of 0.86.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Canada ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). 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 Canadian market, as measured by the MSCI Canada Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Canadian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.