Traders Buy High Volume of Put Options on iShares MSCI Canada ETF (NYSEARCA:EWC)

iShares MSCI Canada ETF (NYSEARCA:EWC) was the target of unusually large options trading activity on Thursday. Stock investors purchased 45,023 put options on the company. This represents an increase of 1,641% compared to the average volume of 2,586 put options.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Canada ETF

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 1,858,741 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $68,179,000 after buying an additional 6,107 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 221.4% in the 4th quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,535,403 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $56,319,000 after purchasing an additional 1,057,721 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,516,665 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $55,631,000 after purchasing an additional 18,197 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 12.7% in the 4th quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 1,019,200 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $37,384,000 after purchasing an additional 114,900 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GenTrust LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 3.1% in the 1st quarter. GenTrust LLC now owns 516,901 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $19,787,000 after purchasing an additional 15,408 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Trading Up 0.9 %

Shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF stock traded up $0.33 on Friday, reaching $38.33. 1,415,217 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,041,531. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.74 billion, a PE ratio of 14.59 and a beta of 0.90. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $37.70 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $37.36. iShares MSCI Canada ETF has a 1-year low of $31.41 and a 1-year high of $39.03.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Company Profile

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).