D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. Purchases 33,923 Shares of iShares MSCI France ETF (NYSEARCA:EWQ)

D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI France ETF (NYSEARCA:EWQ) by 102.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 67,110 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 33,923 shares during the quarter. D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. owned 0.43% of iShares MSCI France ETF worth $2,408,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in EWQ. Pictet North America Advisors SA grew its stake in iShares MSCI France ETF by 138.5% in the fourth quarter. Pictet North America Advisors SA now owns 442,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $15,867,000 after purchasing an additional 256,799 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $10,072,000. Millburn Ridgefield Corp grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF by 15.3% during the fourth quarter. Millburn Ridgefield Corp now owns 270,155 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,693,000 after acquiring an additional 35,933 shares during the last quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF by 15.3% during the fourth quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 270,155 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,693,000 after acquiring an additional 35,933 shares during the last quarter. Finally, ABC Arbitrage SA purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $4,412,000.

iShares MSCI France ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EWQ stock opened at $43.10 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI France ETF has a fifty-two week low of $35.22 and a fifty-two week high of $43.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $405.14 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.43 and a beta of 0.99. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $40.32 and its 200-day simple moving average is $38.62.

iShares MSCI France ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI France ETF, formerly iShares MSCI France Index 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 French market, as measured by the MSCI France Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the French equity market.