Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd. Trims Stake in iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM)

Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd. reduced its position in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) by 2.4% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 16,631 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 416 shares during the period. Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd.’s holdings in iShares Russell 2000 ETF were worth $3,374,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in IWM. Private Advisor Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 104.5% during the fourth quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 193,264 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $38,786,000 after purchasing an additional 4,492,092 shares in the last quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 84.1% during the 4th quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 8,584,687 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,723,033,000 after buying an additional 3,921,131 shares in the last quarter. Natixis bought a new stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF during the 1st quarter worth $441,651,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 44.7% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 6,009,724 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,263,845,000 after acquiring an additional 1,856,738 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pathstone Holdings LLC purchased a new stake in iShares Russell 2000 ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $184,171,000.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:IWM traded up $2.77 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $215.46. The stock had a trading volume of 19,564,565 shares, compared to its average volume of 34,390,391. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $209.11 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $204.81. iShares Russell 2000 ETF has a one year low of $161.67 and a one year high of $228.63.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Profile

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell 2000 Index (the Index). The Index is a float-adjusted capitalization weighted index that measures the performance of the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market and includes securities issued by the approximately 2,000 smallest issuers in the Russell 3000 Index.