SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF Sees Unusually Large Options Volume (NYSEARCA:FEZ)

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (NYSEARCA:FEZ) was the recipient of some unusual options trading activity on Tuesday. Investors bought 37,902 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 797% compared to the average daily volume of 4,224 call options.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FEZ. Hsbc Holdings PLC boosted its position in shares of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 44.3% during the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 9,818 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $632,000 after acquiring an additional 3,016 shares during the last quarter. Compound Planning Inc. increased its position in shares of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 15.8% in the fourth quarter. Compound Planning Inc. now owns 15,799 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,017,000 after purchasing an additional 2,153 shares during the last quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its stake in SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 41.6% in the fourth quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 15,464 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $996,000 after purchasing an additional 4,540 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Onyx Bridge Wealth Group LLC raised its stake in SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 7.9% in the fourth quarter. Onyx Bridge Wealth Group LLC now owns 7,019 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $452,000 after purchasing an additional 515 shares in the last quarter.

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF Trading Up 1.8%

Shares of FEZ traded up $1.06 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $60.89. 1,837,846 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,516,717. The company has a market cap of $4.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.43 and a beta of 1.06. SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF has a 1 year low of $47.63 and a 1 year high of $69.44. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $65.50 and a 200 day moving average price of $64.06.

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF Company Profile

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield of the EURO STOXX 50 Index (the Index). The Index is designed to represent the performance of some of the companies across components of the 20 EURO STOXX Supersector Indexes. The EURO STOXX Supersector Indexes are subsets of the EURO STOXX Index. The EURO STOXX Index is a broad liquid subset of the STOXX Europe 600 Index. The Index captures approximately 60% of the free-float market capitalization of the EURO STOXX Total Market Index, which in turn covers approximately 95% of the free float market capitalization of the represented countries.