Farther Finance Advisors LLC Sells 1,866 Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ)

Farther Finance Advisors LLC lowered its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 19.6% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,663 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,866 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $514,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Bank of Montreal Can raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 3.3% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 7,735,522 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $549,841,000 after purchasing an additional 244,641 shares in the last quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. now owns 6,017,406 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $403,768,000 after purchasing an additional 90,766 shares in the last quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 1.3% during the 3rd quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA now owns 1,346,971 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $96,362,000 after purchasing an additional 17,765 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2.5% during the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 1,098,246 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $78,568,000 after purchasing an additional 27,172 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pictet North America Advisors SA raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 19.3% during the 4th quarter. Pictet North America Advisors SA now owns 884,361 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $59,341,000 after purchasing an additional 142,824 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Up 1.6 %

EWJ opened at $70.35 on Monday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 1-year low of $60.62 and a 1-year high of $73.24. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $68.32 and its 200 day simple moving average is $68.95. The stock has a market cap of $13.84 billion, a PE ratio of 14.35 and a beta of 0.65.

About iShares MSCI Japan ETF

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).