Investors Buy High Volume of iShares MSCI Japan ETF Call Options (NYSEARCA:EWJ)

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Monday. Traders bought 32,736 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 467% compared to the average volume of 5,769 call options.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares MSCI Japan ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2,106.3% in the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 2,398,952 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $164,472,000 after acquiring an additional 2,290,221 shares during the period. Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 60.6% during the second quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,677,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $200,715,000 after purchasing an additional 1,010,345 shares in the last quarter. Johns Hopkins University purchased a new position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the second quarter valued at $57,761,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 26,102,320 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,093,667,000 after purchasing an additional 662,373 shares during the last quarter. Finally, National Bank of Canada FI purchased a new position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the third quarter worth about $50,155,000. 64.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of NYSEARCA:EWJ opened at $84.87 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $82.57 and its 200 day moving average is $78.70. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 52 week low of $59.84 and a 52 week high of $85.31. The stock has a market cap of $15.81 billion, a PE ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68.

About iShares MSCI Japan ETF

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The 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 Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index).