Sprott Physical Gold Trust $PHYS Shares Purchased by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Sprott Physical Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:PHYS) by 9.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,058,006 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 86,944 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC owned 0.23% of Sprott Physical Gold Trust worth $31,338,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in PHYS. New Harbor Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in Sprott Physical Gold Trust by 8.0% during the 3rd quarter. New Harbor Financial Group LLC now owns 94,272 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,792,000 after acquiring an additional 6,948 shares in the last quarter. Entruity Wealth LLC grew its stake in Sprott Physical Gold Trust by 3.2% in the third quarter. Entruity Wealth LLC now owns 160,018 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,740,000 after purchasing an additional 4,946 shares in the last quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC increased its holdings in Sprott Physical Gold Trust by 0.3% in the third quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 321,177 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,513,000 after buying an additional 1,024 shares during the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC raised its stake in Sprott Physical Gold Trust by 104.3% during the third quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 317,902 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,416,000 after buying an additional 162,311 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CENTRAL TRUST Co raised its stake in Sprott Physical Gold Trust by 9.1% during the third quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 4,649,181 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $137,709,000 after buying an additional 388,033 shares in the last quarter.

Sprott Physical Gold Trust Trading Up 2.4%

Shares of PHYS opened at $37.59 on Thursday. Sprott Physical Gold Trust has a 52 week low of $21.96 and a 52 week high of $42.07. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $35.58 and a 200-day moving average of $31.51.

Sprott Physical Gold Trust Company Profile

Sprott Physical Gold Trust operates as a closed-end investment trust, which engages in investing and holding all of its assets in physical gold bullion. Its investment objective is to provide a secure, convenient, and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors through investing primarily in long-term holdings of unencumbered, fully allocated, physical gold bullion and will not speculate with regard to short-term changes in gold prices. The company was founded on August 28, 2009 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.