Investors Purchase Large Volume of iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Call Options (NYSEARCA:LQD)

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:LQD) saw some unusual options trading on Monday. Stock investors bought 134,522 call options on the company. This represents an increase of 110% compared to the typical daily volume of 64,119 call options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Hollencrest Capital Management grew its holdings in iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 0.7% during the second quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management now owns 13,315 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,426,000 after purchasing an additional 98 shares during the period. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV boosted its stake in shares of iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 5,502 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $622,000 after acquiring an additional 98 shares during the period. Continuum Advisory LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 6.8% during the 3rd quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 1,946 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $211,000 after acquiring an additional 124 shares during the last quarter. PSI Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 81.7% in the 2nd quarter. PSI Advisors LLC now owns 278 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares during the period. Finally, Mount Lucas Management LP raised its stake in iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Mount Lucas Management LP now owns 6,681 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $755,000 after acquiring an additional 169 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.30% of the company’s stock.

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Stock Down 0.4 %

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF stock opened at $109.92 on Wednesday. iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $104.14 and a 1-year high of $114.07. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $110.09 and a 200 day simple moving average of $109.69.

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index (the Index), which is a rules-based index consisting of liquid, the United States dollar-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds for sale in the United States.