Simplex Trading LLC Sells 6,439 Shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ)

Simplex Trading LLC cut its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 12.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 45,393 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 6,439 shares during the period. Simplex Trading LLC’s holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF were worth $1,940,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of GDXJ. Duncker Streett & Co. Inc. purchased a new position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $45,000. Principal Securities Inc. raised its stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 20.7% during the 4th quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 1,411 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $60,000 after acquiring an additional 242 shares during the period. Millstone Evans Group LLC purchased a new position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $60,000. FMR LLC boosted its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 101.3% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,254 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $61,000 after purchasing an additional 631 shares during the period. Finally, Kiker Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the fourth quarter worth $69,000.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Price Performance

Shares of GDXJ stock opened at $57.46 on Friday. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a one year low of $38.01 and a one year high of $57.98. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $51.16 and its 200-day moving average price is $49.03. The company has a market capitalization of $5.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.93 and a beta of 1.24.

About VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index (the Index). The Index provides exposure to a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the Company’s revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver.