iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) saw a large increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,827,914 shares, an increase of 36.2% from the December 15th total of 1,341,620 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,389,627 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s stock are sold short. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 3,389,627 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF stock traded up $0.07 on Friday, reaching $88.21. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,401,949 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,944,841. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF has a 52 week low of $61.75 and a 52 week high of $88.46. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $84.78 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $82.12. The company has a market capitalization of $53.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.14 and a beta of 0.80.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were paid a $1.5702 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 16th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its position in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 825.6% in the 2nd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 6,045,597 shares of the company’s stock worth $467,384,000 after purchasing an additional 5,392,418 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 14,604,900.0% in the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 292,100 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,582,000 after buying an additional 292,098 shares during the last quarter. Equitable Trust Co. grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 32.5% in the second quarter. Equitable Trust Co. now owns 551,873 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,665,000 after acquiring an additional 135,288 shares during the period. Vicus Capital grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 574.1% in the second quarter. Vicus Capital now owns 158,747 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,273,000 after acquiring an additional 135,198 shares during the period. Finally, Forbes J M & Co. LLP purchased a new stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF during the second quarter valued at $9,168,000.

About iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

The iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of global stocks covering 99% of the global market capitalization outside the US. IXUS was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.