Short Interest in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA:HAWX) Expands By 65.9%

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA:HAWX) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 19,601 shares, a growth of 65.9% from the August 15th total of 11,814 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 15,563 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF stock opened at $45.13 on Thursday. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a fifty-two week low of $37.28 and a fifty-two week high of $47.43. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $45.61 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $44.33. The firm has a market cap of $324.94 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.74 and a beta of 0.52.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Company Profile

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (HAWX) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of global large- and mid-cap stocks outside the US, hedged against movements in the underlying currencies for US investors. HAWX was launched on Jun 29, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.