First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FKU) Stock Price Up 0.5% – Here’s What Happened

First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FKU)’s stock price rose 0.5% during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as $41.26 and last traded at $40.86. Approximately 1,088 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 91% from the average daily volume of 11,855 shares. The stock had previously closed at $40.66.

First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund Price Performance

The company has a market cap of $61.29 million, a PE ratio of 13.35 and a beta of 1.22. The business has a 50-day moving average of $38.92 and a 200 day moving average of $39.81.

First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th were given a dividend of $0.6439 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th.

Institutional Trading of First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of FKU. Benjamin Edwards Inc. purchased a new stake in First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund during the third quarter valued at $2,394,000. Citadel Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund in the fourth quarter worth about $2,033,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund in the fourth quarter worth about $601,000. Jane Street Group LLC purchased a new stake in First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund in the fourth quarter worth about $582,000. Finally, Rathbones Group PLC increased its position in First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 59,264 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,257,000 after buying an additional 1,622 shares in the last quarter.

First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

The First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund (FKU) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX United Kingdom index. The fund tracks a tiered equal-weighted index of 75 companies selected based on NASDAQs AlphaDEX selection methodology. FKU was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by First Trust.