Short Interest in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) Rises By 9.7%

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 9,930,000 shares, an increase of 9.7% from the December 31st total of 9,050,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,685,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.9 days.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Trading Down 1.0 %

IXUS opened at $68.40 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $67.62 and a 200 day moving average price of $68.96. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF has a 1 year low of $63.30 and a 1 year high of $73.53. The stock has a market cap of $38.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.97 and a beta of 0.84.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a dividend of $1.1817 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 17th.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $39,326,000. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 11.3% in the fourth quarter. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC now owns 4,713,670 shares of the company’s stock worth $311,762,000 after buying an additional 480,302 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 42.3% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,097,050 shares of the company’s stock worth $79,679,000 after acquiring an additional 326,330 shares in the last quarter. Finley Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $11,256,000. Finally, FSA Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $6,655,000.

About iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

The iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of global stocks covering 99% of the global market capitalization outside the US. IXUS was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.