iShares MSCI Japan ETF Target of Unusually High Options Trading (NYSEARCA:EWJ)

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) saw some unusual options trading on Tuesday. Stock traders purchased 22,644 put options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 176% compared to the typical volume of 8,210 put options.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Japan ETF

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in EWJ. Focus Partners Wealth boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 39.0% in the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 10,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $701,000 after acquiring an additional 2,869 shares during the last quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $1,172,000. Marshall Wace LLP boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 229.1% in the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 38,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,886,000 after acquiring an additional 26,800 shares during the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 14.6% in the second quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 112,194 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,411,000 after acquiring an additional 14,266 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Baker Avenue Asset Management LP boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2.9% in the second quarter. Baker Avenue Asset Management LP now owns 209,091 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $15,676,000 after acquiring an additional 5,794 shares during the last quarter. 64.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

Shares of EWJ stock opened at $85.51 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $87.38 and its 200 day simple moving average is $84.19. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a one year low of $61.02 and a one year high of $94.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.83 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). 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.