Traders Purchase High Volume of Call Options on iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS)

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Monday. Stock investors bought 17,324 call options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 1,697% compared to the typical daily volume of 964 call options.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sankala Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,182,000. Mraz Amerine & Associates Inc. bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $434,000. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 10.5% in the 2nd quarter. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 235,728 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,060,000 after buying an additional 22,438 shares during the last quarter. Risk Paradigm Group LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 10.5% in the second quarter. Risk Paradigm Group LLC now owns 235,728 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,060,000 after buying an additional 22,438 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of Nova Scotia boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 12.1% in the first quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 138,832 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,056,000 after buying an additional 15,000 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF stock traded up $0.05 on Monday, hitting $17.10. 868,910 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 503,677. iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF has a 12-month low of $11.70 and a 12-month high of $17.15. The company has a market cap of $342.86 million, a P/E ratio of 10.78 and a beta of 0.74. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $13.25 and its 200 day simple moving average is $13.74.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index designed to measure the performance of equity securities in the bottom 14% by market capitalization of equity securities listed on stock exchanges in Brazil.