Traders Purchase Large Volume of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF Call Options (NYSEARCA:FEZ)

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (NYSEARCA:FEZ) saw unusually large options trading activity on Friday. Investors purchased 20,161 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of 513% compared to the typical volume of 3,287 call options.

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF Stock Down 0.4 %

FEZ traded down $0.17 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $47.55. The company had a trading volume of 1,004,751 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,223,154. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $50.94 and its 200 day moving average price is $51.24. The company has a market capitalization of $3.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.75 and a beta of 0.97. SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF has a 52 week low of $45.44 and a 52 week high of $54.16.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in FEZ. Bank of Montreal Can boosted its holdings in SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 1,811.7% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 914,183 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $46,879,000 after buying an additional 866,363 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC grew its holdings in SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 1,145.7% during the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 733,330 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $38,536,000 after buying an additional 674,463 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP increased its position in shares of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 680.5% during the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 159,649 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,987,000 after buying an additional 187,149 shares during the period. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC purchased a new stake in shares of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF in the second quarter worth about $84,000. Finally, GFS Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 4,235.1% in the third quarter. GFS Advisors LLC now owns 145,658 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,755,000 after buying an additional 142,298 shares in the last quarter.

About SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield of the EURO STOXX 50 Index (the Index). The Index is designed to represent the performance of some of the companies across components of the 20 EURO STOXX Supersector Indexes. The EURO STOXX Supersector Indexes are subsets of the EURO STOXX Index.