Financiere des Professionnels Fonds d investissement inc. Purchases 17,100 Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ

Financiere des Professionnels Fonds d investissement inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 32.3% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 70,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 17,100 shares during the period. Financiere des Professionnels Fonds d investissement inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $5,615,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 60.6% during the 2nd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,677,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $200,715,000 after acquiring an additional 1,010,345 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 44.9% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,261,058 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,540,000 after purchasing an additional 390,526 shares in the last quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 57.6% during the second quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp now owns 1,037,186 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $77,758,000 after purchasing an additional 378,947 shares during the period. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 0.5% during the second quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 787,562 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $59,044,000 after purchasing an additional 4,252 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Johns Hopkins University bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $57,761,000. Institutional investors own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of EWJ opened at $81.33 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $15.15 billion, a PE ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 1 year low of $59.84 and a 1 year high of $85.31. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $82.37 and a 200-day simple moving average of $79.30.

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.