Stock Traders Purchase Large Volume of Call Options on iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ)

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) saw unusually large options trading on Tuesday. Investors purchased 9,177 call options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 53% compared to the average volume of 5,988 call options.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Focus Partners Wealth boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 39.0% during the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 10,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $701,000 after purchasing an additional 2,869 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 3.3% during the second quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 38,387 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,878,000 after buying an additional 1,224 shares during the period. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 20.9% during the 2nd quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 4,494 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $337,000 after acquiring an additional 777 shares in the last quarter. LRI Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, Genesee Capital Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 5.6% in the 2nd quarter. Genesee Capital Advisors LLC now owns 14,150 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,061,000 after acquiring an additional 753 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Up 0.9%

EWJ opened at $93.97 on Thursday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 12-month low of $59.84 and a 12-month high of $94.20. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $84.17 and its 200-day simple moving average is $81.80. The company has a market capitalization of $18.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Company Profile

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). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.