iShares MSCI Canada ETF $EWC Shares Bought by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF (NYSEARCA:EWC) by 3.7% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 407,142 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 14,482 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC owned 0.61% of iShares MSCI Canada ETF worth $20,581,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. increased its position in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 1,922,798 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $97,197,000 after acquiring an additional 8,117 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 22.8% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,769,516 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $81,752,000 after purchasing an additional 328,742 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1.9% in the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,662,312 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $84,030,000 after purchasing an additional 31,104 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1.4% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,534,679 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $62,538,000 after purchasing an additional 21,113 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of Montreal Can lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 152.1% during the second quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 1,304,333 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $60,260,000 after purchasing an additional 787,009 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:EWC opened at $56.75 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $4.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.77 and a beta of 0.94. iShares MSCI Canada ETF has a 1-year low of $36.70 and a 1-year high of $57.40. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $54.93 and its 200 day moving average price is $51.76.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Company 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.