iShares MSCI Canada ETF Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (NYSEARCA:EWC)

iShares MSCI Canada ETF (NYSEARCA:EWC) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Monday. Stock investors purchased 34,064 put options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 286% compared to the average volume of 8,832 put options.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Stock Up 0.6 %

Shares of EWC stock opened at $40.07 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $2.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.59 and a beta of 0.90. iShares MSCI Canada ETF has a 52 week low of $35.05 and a 52 week high of $43.33. The business has a 50 day moving average of $41.59 and a two-hundred day moving average of $40.41.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Canada ETF

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Stifel Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 49.8% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 52,151 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,165,000 after purchasing an additional 17,337 shares in the last quarter. Whittier Trust Co. lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 38.7% in the 3rd quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 1,682 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $70,000 after acquiring an additional 469 shares in the last quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 32.0% in the third quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 26,639 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,106,000 after purchasing an additional 6,452 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 47.7% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 119,557 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,964,000 after acquiring an additional 38,596 shares in the last quarter. Finally, 1832 Asset Management L.P. lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 109.9% in the second quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 83,464 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,096,000 after purchasing an additional 43,694 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI Canada ETF

iShares MSCI Canada ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). 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 Canadian market, as measured by the MSCI Canada Index (the Index).