Madison Asset Management LLC Has $5.19 Million Stock Position in iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF $EZU

Madison Asset Management LLC reduced its holdings in iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF (BATS:EZU) by 65.1% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 82,862 shares of the company’s stock after selling 154,523 shares during the quarter. Madison Asset Management LLC owned about 0.06% of iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF worth $5,190,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EZU. Amundi acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $606,000. Millennium Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $7,229,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF by 240.9% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 24,053 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,281,000 after acquiring an additional 16,998 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF by 4.3% during the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 5,774 shares of the company’s stock worth $307,000 after acquiring an additional 240 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Russell Investments Group Ltd. boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF by 448.3% during the second quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 24,596 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,462,000 after acquiring an additional 20,110 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF Trading Up 1.6%

BATS:EZU opened at $68.54 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.35 and a beta of 1.01. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $68.44 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $66.70. iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF has a 12 month low of $57.10 and a 12 month high of $70.31.

iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF Profile

iShares MSCI EMU ETF, formerly iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund (the 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 European Monetary Union (EMU) markets, as measured by the MSCI EMU Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the equity markets of the EMU member countries: those members of the European Union who have adopted the Euro as its currency.