iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Shares Newly Acquired by Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 9,239 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $1,689,000.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of EWY. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 102.5% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,928,797 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,344,351,000 after acquiring an additional 5,532,980 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 135.8% in the first quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 1,823,820 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $224,348,000 after purchasing an additional 1,050,220 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 368.1% in the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 303,408 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $61,258,000 after purchasing an additional 238,591 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 217.3% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 232,371 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $46,916,000 after purchasing an additional 159,136 shares during the period. Finally, Yousif Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 4.2% during the third quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 245,991 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $44,962,000 after purchasing an additional 9,832 shares during the period. 49.22% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:EWY opened at $152.89 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $22.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.51. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $175.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of $162.12. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 1-year low of $86.90 and a 1-year high of $220.89.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Profile

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