Stock Traders Buy High Volume of X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund Call Options (NYSEARCA:ASHR)

X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund (NYSEARCA:ASHR) saw unusually large options trading on Monday. Investors bought 143,528 call options on the company. This is an increase of 91% compared to the average volume of 75,305 call options.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its position in shares of X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund by 458.5% during the fourth quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 3,742,079 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $99,053,000 after acquiring an additional 3,072,053 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund by 77.4% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,896,766 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $50,207,000 after purchasing an additional 827,398 shares during the period. Mount Lucas Management LP bought a new stake in X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund during the 4th quarter valued at $18,529,000. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund in the 4th quarter worth $13,235,000. Finally, Delphi Financial Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund during the 4th quarter worth $3,680,000.

X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund Trading Down 1.2 %

Shares of ASHR traded down $0.32 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $26.72. 11,433,670 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,838,041. X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund has a 52-week low of $22.44 and a 52-week high of $35.72. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $26.33 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $26.50. The company has a market cap of $2.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.24 and a beta of 0.30.

About X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund

The Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (ASHR) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the China Shenzhen SE \u002F CSI 300 index. The fund tracks an index of the 300 largest and most liquid Chinese shares traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. The fund holds physical China A-shares.