Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) Shares Sold by OLD Second National Bank of Aurora

OLD Second National Bank of Aurora cut its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 3.4% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 178,546 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 6,293 shares during the period. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF accounts for about 2.6% of OLD Second National Bank of Aurora’s holdings, making the stock its 10th biggest holding. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $11,332,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGK. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. raised its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 1.0% in the third quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 5,949,933 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $423,040,000 after acquiring an additional 57,834 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 5,434,940 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $344,956,000 after acquiring an additional 76,585 shares during the period. Elm Partners Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 13.2% in the third quarter. Elm Partners Management LLC now owns 1,903,789 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $135,359,000 after acquiring an additional 222,398 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 1.5% in the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,765,844 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $125,531,000 after acquiring an additional 26,100 shares during the period. Finally, Money Design Co. Ltd. raised its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 4.7% in the third quarter. Money Design Co. Ltd. now owns 1,323,177 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,078,000 after acquiring an additional 59,878 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF stock opened at $67.37 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $65.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $67.32. The company has a market cap of $19.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.09 and a beta of 0.85. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a fifty-two week low of $62.46 and a fifty-two week high of $72.08.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Company Profile

Vanguard European Stock Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by Companies located in the markets of Europe. The Fund on focuses indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index.