iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Shares Purchased by Granite Bay Wealth Management LLC

Granite Bay Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 3.0% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 221,248 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 6,532 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI Japan ETF makes up about 4.0% of Granite Bay Wealth Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest position. Granite Bay Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $18,686,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of EWJ. Focus Partners Wealth increased its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 39.0% during the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 10,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $701,000 after buying an additional 2,869 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 229.1% in the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 38,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,886,000 after acquiring an additional 26,800 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% during the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $29,199,000 after acquiring an additional 388,318 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 6.1% during the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 546,723 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $40,988,000 after acquiring an additional 31,344 shares during the last quarter. Finally, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main increased its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 46.3% during the 2nd quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 284,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $21,318,000 after purchasing an additional 89,999 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Up 1.1%

iShares MSCI Japan ETF stock opened at $94.55 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $92.65 and a 200 day moving average price of $88.53. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 52 week low of $71.51 and a 52 week high of $97.52. The stock has a market cap of $22.52 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.