HighTower Advisors LLC Has $121.20 Million Stock Holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK)

HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 8.1% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 1,909,574 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 143,730 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $121,201,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 19.5% in the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $85,000 after purchasing an additional 194 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 55.2% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 6,231 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $443,000 after purchasing an additional 2,217 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 15.0% in the 3rd quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,957 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $281,000 after purchasing an additional 516 shares during the period. Schrum Private Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $423,000. Finally, Lummis Asset Management LP boosted its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. Lummis Asset Management LP now owns 13,806 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $982,000 after purchasing an additional 232 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Up 0.3 %

NYSEARCA VGK opened at $71.58 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $25.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.59 and a beta of 0.99. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 12-month low of $62.58 and a 12-month high of $73.40. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $68.00 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $67.75.

About Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Vanguard European Stock Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by Companies located in the markets of Europe. The Fund on focuses indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index.