Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA Buys New Position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU)

Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 79,211 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,678,000. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA owned approximately 0.10% of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Caprock Group LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Caprock Group LLC now owns 14,898 shares of the company’s stock worth $505,000 after purchasing an additional 330 shares in the last quarter. Fiduciary Financial Group LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Fiduciary Financial Group LLC now owns 6,672 shares of the company’s stock worth $223,000 after purchasing an additional 358 shares in the last quarter. Mount Lucas Management LP raised its holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 2.0% in the third quarter. Mount Lucas Management LP now owns 20,232 shares of the company’s stock worth $757,000 after purchasing an additional 394 shares in the last quarter. Dai ichi Life Holdings Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 1.4% in the third quarter. Dai ichi Life Holdings Inc. now owns 28,700 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,077,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 16.8% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,195 shares of the company’s stock worth $157,000 after purchasing an additional 602 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Trading Down 0.5 %

EWU opened at $36.36 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $34.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $35.82. The company has a market cap of $2.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.86 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF has a 12-month low of $32.51 and a 12-month high of $37.88.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI United Kingdom index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of British companies. It covers the top 85% of British companies by market cap. EWU was launched on Mar 12, 1996 and is managed by BlackRock.