ABC Arbitrage SA Makes New $631,000 Investment in iShares MSCI South Africa ETF $EZA

ABC Arbitrage SA bought a new position in iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (NYSEARCA:EZA) during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 9,838 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $631,000. ABC Arbitrage SA owned about 0.12% of iShares MSCI South Africa ETF at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Ameriprise Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI South Africa ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $5,138,000. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Africa ETF by 386.7% during the third quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 27,327 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,752,000 after acquiring an additional 21,712 shares in the last quarter. Innealta Capital LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI South Africa ETF by 138.7% in the 3rd quarter. Innealta Capital LLC now owns 21,697 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,391,000 after acquiring an additional 12,608 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI South Africa ETF by 78.4% in the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 16,311 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,046,000 after acquiring an additional 7,170 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI South Africa ETF Trading Up 1.5%

iShares MSCI South Africa ETF stock opened at $76.53 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $795.91 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.34 and a beta of 0.78. iShares MSCI South Africa ETF has a 12 month low of $39.74 and a 12 month high of $81.19. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $71.66 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $65.31.

About iShares MSCI South Africa ETF

iShares MSCI South Africa ETF, formerly iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the South African market, as measured by the MSCI South Africa Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the South African equity market. The Index is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.