Optiver Holding B.V. Purchases New Stake in Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares $JNUG

Optiver Holding B.V. purchased a new stake in shares of Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares (NYSEARCA:JNUG) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 3,554 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $579,000. Optiver Holding B.V. owned approximately 0.10% of Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in JNUG. Headlands Technologies LLC grew its holdings in shares of Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares by 8,942.9% during the second quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 2,532 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $201,000 after buying an additional 2,504 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. acquired a new stake in shares of Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares in the 3rd quarter worth about $973,000. Simplex Trading LLC bought a new position in Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares in the 2nd quarter valued at about $481,000. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd lifted its position in Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares by 693.5% in the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 7,253 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $576,000 after acquiring an additional 6,339 shares in the last quarter. Finally, IMC Chicago LLC acquired a new position in Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares during the 3rd quarter valued at about $3,403,000.

Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares Stock Performance

Shares of JNUG opened at $320.50 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $862.15 million, a P/E ratio of 27.33 and a beta of 1.45. Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares has a 52 week low of $43.17 and a 52 week high of $363.00. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $260.42 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $186.02.

Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 8th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 31st were issued a dividend of $0.9282 per share. This represents a $3.71 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. This is an increase from Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.07. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 31st.

Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares Company Profile

The Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares (JNUG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners index. The fund provides daily 2x exposure to an index of junior gold and silver mining companies from developed as well as emerging markets. JNUG was launched on Oct 3, 2013 and is managed by Direxion.