iShares MSCI Spain ETF (NYSEARCA:EWP) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Spain ETF (NYSEARCA:EWP) saw a large decline in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 297,817 shares, a decline of 86.6% from the May 31st total of 2,227,769 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 328,342 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.9 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Spain ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Spain ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $101,057,000. Bank of Montreal Can bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Spain ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $43,669,000. Schroder Investment Management Group grew its position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF by 3,000.0% in the fourth quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 527,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $28,516,000 after buying an additional 510,000 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $25,370,000. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF in the second quarter worth approximately $16,165,000. 38.17% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Spain ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI Spain ETF stock traded down $0.12 during trading on Friday, hitting $58.68. The stock had a trading volume of 79,423 shares, compared to its average volume of 548,935. The business has a fifty day moving average of $57.31 and a two-hundred day moving average of $55.71. iShares MSCI Spain ETF has a fifty-two week low of $43.45 and a fifty-two week high of $59.88. The firm has a market cap of $1.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.89 and a beta of 0.67.

iShares MSCI Spain ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Spain 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 Spanish market, as measured by the MSCI Spain Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Spanish equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.