Peregrine Asset Advisers Inc. Invests $775,000 in iShares MSCI France ETF (NYSEARCA:EWQ)

Peregrine Asset Advisers Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF (NYSEARCA:EWQ) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 21,592 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $775,000.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF by 15.3% during the fourth quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 270,155 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,693,000 after buying an additional 35,933 shares during the period. ABC Arbitrage SA bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $4,412,000. Pictet North America Advisors SA boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI France ETF by 138.5% during the 4th quarter. Pictet North America Advisors SA now owns 442,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $15,867,000 after acquiring an additional 256,799 shares during the period. Vontobel Holding Ltd. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI France ETF by 4.0% during the 4th quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 54,575 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,958,000 after acquiring an additional 2,092 shares during the period. Finally, Boltwood Capital Management grew its position in iShares MSCI France ETF by 51.5% in the 4th quarter. Boltwood Capital Management now owns 7,800 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $280,000 after acquiring an additional 2,650 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI France ETF Trading Down 0.8 %

NYSEARCA:EWQ opened at $39.78 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $620.57 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.50 and a beta of 0.85. iShares MSCI France ETF has a twelve month low of $35.22 and a twelve month high of $42.60. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $37.49 and a 200-day simple moving average of $38.02.

iShares MSCI France ETF Profile

iShares MSCI France ETF, formerly iShares MSCI France Index 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 French market, as measured by the MSCI France Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the French equity market.