iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Sees Strong Trading Volume

Shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) saw unusually-strong trading volume on Friday . Approximately 2,352,072 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 63% from the previous session’s volume of 1,442,544 shares.The stock last traded at $47.64 and had previously closed at $46.94.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Up 1.4 %

The company has a market capitalization of $4.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.82. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $47.23 and a 200 day moving average price of $48.58.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $25,000. Toth Financial Advisory Corp bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 74.6% in the 1st quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 585 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 250 shares in the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1,250.0% in the 2nd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 675 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 625 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nordwand Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $39,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA index. The fund tracks the performance of a market-cap-weighted index of international stocks. It captures 85% of the publicly available market, thus excluding small-caps. ACWX was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.