iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU) Hits New 1-Year High at $37.51

Shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as $37.51 and last traded at $37.50, with a volume of 57272 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $37.40.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of $2.93 billion, a PE ratio of 12.86 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a 50 day moving average of $35.69 and a two-hundred day moving average of $34.87.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Morningstar Investment Services LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 95.2% during the 4th quarter. Morningstar Investment Services LLC now owns 2,877,515 shares of the company’s stock worth $95,102,000 after purchasing an additional 1,403,395 shares during the last quarter. Bricktown Capital LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF during the second quarter worth about $17,776,000. Polianta Ltd purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $14,129,000. Principal Securities Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $12,134,000. Finally, Oxbow Advisors LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $7,598,000.

About iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

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.