iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Shares Sold by SG Americas Securities LLC

SG Americas Securities LLC lowered its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 70.2% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 66,678 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 157,364 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $5,384,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of EWJ. Johns Hopkins University purchased a new position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $57,761,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 26,102,320 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,093,667,000 after acquiring an additional 662,373 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $50,155,000. Victory Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $32,411,000. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 44.9% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,261,058 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,540,000 after acquiring an additional 390,526 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF stock opened at $86.48 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $87.34 and a 200 day moving average price of $84.05. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 1 year low of $59.84 and a 1 year high of $94.28. The stock has a market cap of $16.88 billion, a PE ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. 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 Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.