CENTRAL TRUST Co Sells 261 Shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX)

CENTRAL TRUST Co lessened its stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) by 2.4% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 10,666 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 261 shares during the quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co’s holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF were worth $490,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Investors Research Corp increased its position in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 57.3% during the first quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 689 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 251 shares during the last quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC grew its holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 100.0% during the 4th quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 1,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 500 shares during the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC purchased a new stake in VanEck Gold Miners ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $34,000. Elequin Capital LP bought a new stake in VanEck Gold Miners ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $39,000. Finally, Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC bought a new stake in VanEck Gold Miners ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $41,000.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:GDX opened at $53.00 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.34 billion, a PE ratio of 21.14 and a beta of 0.55. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $50.25 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $43.32. VanEck Gold Miners ETF has a 1 year low of $33.28 and a 1 year high of $54.70.

About VanEck Gold Miners ETF

The Fund seeks to match as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the AMEX Gold Miners Index. The Fund, utilizing a passive or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of stocks that generally replicate the Index.