iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Shares Sold by Waverly Advisors LLC

Waverly Advisors LLC reduced its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 7.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 65,858 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 5,543 shares during the period. Waverly Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $6,143,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Focus Partners Wealth grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 39.0% during the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 10,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $701,000 after buying an additional 2,869 shares during the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP raised its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 229.1% during the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 38,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,886,000 after acquiring an additional 26,800 shares during the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd raised its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% during the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $29,199,000 after acquiring an additional 388,318 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 6.1% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 546,723 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,988,000 after acquiring an additional 31,344 shares during the period. Finally, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 46.3% during the 2nd quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 284,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $21,318,000 after acquiring an additional 89,999 shares during the period. 64.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of EWJ stock opened at $96.44 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $94.57 and its two-hundred day moving average is $91.29. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a twelve month low of $78.21 and a twelve month high of $98.79. The company has a market capitalization of $22.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.69.

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.