SPDR S&P Retail ETF Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NYSEARCA:XRT)

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) saw unusually large options trading activity on Monday. Investors bought 16,995 put options on the stock. This represents an increase of 42% compared to the average daily volume of 12,008 put options.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Trading Up 0.5 %

NYSEARCA XRT traded up $0.35 during trading on Monday, reaching $75.64. 3,022,908 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,009,455. SPDR S&P Retail ETF has a fifty-two week low of $70.22 and a fifty-two week high of $84.84. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $79.66 and its 200-day simple moving average is $78.29. The firm has a market capitalization of $639.19 million, a PE ratio of 12.74 and a beta of 1.20.

Institutional Trading of SPDR S&P Retail ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its holdings in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 22.9% during the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 8,645 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $688,000 after purchasing an additional 1,612 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC increased its position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 13.3% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,829 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $142,000 after buying an additional 214 shares during the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP raised its holdings in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 263.7% during the third quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 4,350 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $338,000 after buying an additional 3,154 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 536.5% in the fourth quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 3,730 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $297,000 after buying an additional 3,144 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ellis Investment Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 6.4% during the 4th quarter. Ellis Investment Partners LLC now owns 19,332 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,539,000 after acquiring an additional 1,164 shares in the last quarter.

About SPDR S&P Retail ETF

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the S&P Retail Select Industry Index (the Index). The Index is an equal weighted market cap index. The Index represents the retail sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Market Index. The Fund invests in industries, such as apparel retail, automotive retail, food retail, department stores, Internet retail, general merchandise stores, drug retail, and hypermarkets and super centers.