Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume – Here’s What Happened

Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) saw strong trading volume on Tuesday . 846,396 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 53% from the previous session’s volume of 552,111 shares.The stock last traded at $132.60 and had previously closed at $132.76.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $8.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $127.40 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $126.24.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $46,000. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $48,000. LRI Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $58,000. Global Financial Private Client LLC grew its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 45.4% during the fourth quarter. Global Financial Private Client LLC now owns 493 shares of the company’s stock valued at $60,000 after buying an additional 154 shares during the period. Finally, JFS Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the third quarter worth about $153,000.

About Vanguard Energy ETF

Vanguard Energy ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Energy Index Fund. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) US Investable Market Energy Index (the Index), an index of stocks of large, medium and small United States companies in the energy sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).