iShares Asia 50 ETF (NASDAQ:AIA) Short Interest Up 14.7% in June

iShares Asia 50 ETF (NASDAQ:AIA) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totalling 41,300 shares, an increase of 14.7% from the June 15th total of 36,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 49,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days.

iShares Asia 50 ETF Trading Up 0.6 %

NASDAQ:AIA opened at $70.50 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $1.67 billion, a PE ratio of 12.57 and a beta of 0.71. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $67.25 and a 200 day moving average price of $61.56. iShares Asia 50 ETF has a 12-month low of $52.02 and a 12-month high of $71.95.

iShares Asia 50 ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a Semi-Annual dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 17th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 11th were issued a dividend of $0.3784 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, June 11th.

Institutional Trading of iShares Asia 50 ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. SFI Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Asia 50 ETF by 17.5% during the 4th quarter. SFI Advisors LLC now owns 31,065 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,801,000 after buying an additional 4,626 shares during the last quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. increased its position in shares of iShares Asia 50 ETF by 299.9% during the fourth quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 39,751 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,304,000 after purchasing an additional 29,812 shares in the last quarter. Activest Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Asia 50 ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $73,000. International Assets Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Asia 50 ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $165,000. Finally, Upper Left Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Asia 50 ETF by 3.7% during the fourth quarter. Upper Left Wealth Management LLC now owns 40,362 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,340,000 after purchasing an additional 1,457 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares Asia 50 ETF

iShares Asia 50 ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares S&P Asia 50 Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P Asia 50 Index (the Index). The Index is a free float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the performance of the 50 leading companies from four Asian markets: Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.