American National Bank & Trust Makes New $68,000 Investment in VanEck Gold Miners ETF $GDX

American National Bank & Trust purchased a new stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund purchased 1,300 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $68,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Hoey Investments Inc. grew its stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 71.0% during the second quarter. Hoey Investments Inc. now owns 513 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 213 shares in the last quarter. Hurley Capital LLC purchased a new position in VanEck Gold Miners ETF in the first quarter valued at about $26,000. Investors Research Corp grew its position in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 57.3% in the first quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 689 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 251 shares during the last quarter. EQ Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in VanEck Gold Miners ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $42,000. Finally, NorthRock Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 69.1% in the 1st quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 930 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 380 shares during the last quarter.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Trading Up 2.1%

Shares of GDX stock opened at $74.68 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $61.79 and its 200-day simple moving average is $53.60. VanEck Gold Miners ETF has a 52 week low of $33.42 and a 52 week high of $75.28. The company has a market cap of $21.86 billion, a PE ratio of 21.70 and a beta of 0.77.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Company Profile

The Fund seeks to match as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the AMEX Gold Miners Index. The Fund, utilizing a passive or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of stocks that generally replicate the Index.