Investors Purchase High Volume of Call Options on iShares China Large-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:FXI)

iShares China Large-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:FXI) saw some unusual options trading activity on Wednesday. Stock traders bought 471,766 call options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 168% compared to the typical volume of 175,990 call options.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF Stock Down 0.2%

FXI traded down $0.06 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $39.47. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 28,637,171 shares, compared to its average volume of 35,818,781. The company has a market cap of $6.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.78 and a beta of 0.28. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $39.19 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $39.46. iShares China Large-Cap ETF has a 1 year low of $29.20 and a 1 year high of $42.00.

Institutional Trading of iShares China Large-Cap ETF

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Rafferty Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares China Large-Cap ETF by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 13,320,497 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $548,005,000 after acquiring an additional 386,498 shares during the last quarter. Spear Holdings RSC Ltd grew its holdings in shares of iShares China Large-Cap ETF by 25.7% in the third quarter. Spear Holdings RSC Ltd now owns 6,461,482 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $265,825,000 after purchasing an additional 1,320,667 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd increased its position in iShares China Large-Cap ETF by 57.1% during the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 5,674,694 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $208,602,000 after purchasing an additional 2,063,028 shares during the last quarter. Natixis raised its stake in iShares China Large-Cap ETF by 63.3% during the second quarter. Natixis now owns 4,976,144 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $182,923,000 after purchasing an additional 1,928,592 shares during the period. Finally, Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd boosted its holdings in iShares China Large-Cap ETF by 48.7% in the 3rd quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd now owns 4,430,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $182,250,000 after purchasing an additional 1,450,000 shares during the last quarter.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF Company Profile

iShares China Large-Cap ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the FTSE China 25 Index (the Underlying Index). The Fund’s portfolio of sectors include Financials, Telecommunication, Oil & gas, Technology and Consumer goods. The underlying Index is designed to represent the performance of the companies in the Chinese equity market, which are available to the international investors.