iShares China Large-Cap ETF Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NYSEARCA:FXI)

iShares China Large-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:FXI) was the target of unusually large options trading activity on Thursday. Traders bought 403,878 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of 96% compared to the average daily volume of 205,603 call options.

Institutional Trading of iShares China Large-Cap ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Barclays PLC lifted its position in shares of iShares China Large-Cap ETF by 112.2% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 14,315,297 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $379,784,000 after buying an additional 7,569,714 shares during the last quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in iShares China Large-Cap ETF by 20.0% in the 3rd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 18,741,673 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $497,217,000 after purchasing an additional 3,119,929 shares during the last quarter. Blackstone Inc. boosted its position in iShares China Large-Cap ETF by 3,502.6% during the third quarter. Blackstone Inc. now owns 1,801,300 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $47,788,000 after purchasing an additional 1,751,300 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its holdings in iShares China Large-Cap ETF by 264.8% during the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 2,216,972 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $53,274,000 after purchasing an additional 1,609,312 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Simplex Trading LLC grew its holdings in iShares China Large-Cap ETF by 178.9% during the fourth quarter. Simplex Trading LLC now owns 1,594,712 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $38,320,000 after purchasing an additional 1,022,915 shares during the last quarter.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF Stock Up 5.7 %

iShares China Large-Cap ETF stock opened at $27.15 on Friday. iShares China Large-Cap ETF has a 12 month low of $20.86 and a 12 month high of $30.54. The stock has a market cap of $4.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.31 and a beta of 0.99. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $24.28 and its 200-day simple moving average is $24.15.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF Company Profile

iShares China Large-Cap ETF (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 FTSE China 25 Index (the Underlying Index). The Fund’s portfolio of sectors include Financials, Telecommunication, Oil & gas, Technology and Consumer goods.