iShares MSCI Mexico ETF Sees Unusually Large Options Volume (NYSEARCA:EWW)

iShares MSCI Mexico ETF (NYSEARCA:EWW) was the target of unusually large options trading on Monday. Investors bought 3,757 call options on the company. This is an increase of 417% compared to the typical daily volume of 727 call options.

iShares MSCI Mexico ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:EWW opened at $65.87 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $2.00 billion, a PE ratio of 12.85 and a beta of 0.91. iShares MSCI Mexico ETF has a fifty-two week low of $46.41 and a fifty-two week high of $69.68. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $66.40 and a 200-day moving average price of $62.59.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Mexico ETF by 3.1% during the 1st quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 12,033 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $613,000 after acquiring an additional 365 shares during the period. Guidance Capital Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Mexico ETF in the first quarter worth about $314,000. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise purchased a new position in iShares MSCI Mexico ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $95,000. Nan Fung Trinity HK Ltd. lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Mexico ETF by 201.9% in the 1st quarter. Nan Fung Trinity HK Ltd. now owns 665,100 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $33,893,000 after purchasing an additional 444,800 shares in the last quarter. Finally, XTX Topco Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Mexico ETF in the first quarter worth about $312,000.

iShares MSCI Mexico ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Mexico Capped Investable Market Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the MSCI Mexico IMI 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Mexican Stock Exchange.