Ameriprise Financial Inc. Sells 588,660 Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ)

Ameriprise Financial Inc. lessened its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 49.2% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 607,527 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 588,660 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $40,761,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 4,601.8% in the fourth quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 5,125 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $344,000 after purchasing an additional 5,016 shares in the last quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 35.7% in the fourth quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 1,054,475 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $64,966,000 after buying an additional 277,167 shares during the period. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 20.0% in the fourth quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group now owns 4,883 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $328,000 after buying an additional 815 shares during the period. Comerica Bank boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 72.8% in the fourth quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 246,526 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $16,542,000 after buying an additional 103,866 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 39.5% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 33,297 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,234,000 after buying an additional 9,430 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of EWJ opened at $72.01 on Monday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 12 month low of $59.84 and a 12 month high of $73.24. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $68.98 and a 200 day simple moving average of $68.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.51 and a beta of 0.65.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF 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).