iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF $EWT Shares Sold by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. trimmed its position in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWT) by 21.1% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 36,774 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 9,834 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF were worth $2,608,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 393.4% in the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 2,085,693 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $119,719,000 after purchasing an additional 1,662,985 shares during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $57,028,000. DRW Securities LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $38,207,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 2,953.1% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 602,344 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $28,599,000 after acquiring an additional 582,615 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its position in iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 15.9% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 2,763,557 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $175,569,000 after acquiring an additional 379,584 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF stock opened at $102.49 on Thursday. iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF has a 1-year low of $57.56 and a 1-year high of $112.78. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $101.76 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $83.02. The company has a market capitalization of $10.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.58 and a beta of 1.08.

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF Profile

Ishares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Taiwan IndexSM (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Taiwan 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. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.