Walleye Capital LLC Takes Position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF $GDXJ

Walleye Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund bought 109,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $13,084,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Lingotto Investment Management LLP raised its holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Lingotto Investment Management LLP now owns 2,602,894 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $296,157,000 after buying an additional 20,157 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 6.7% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,306,483 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $262,432,000 after acquiring an additional 145,362 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,982,116 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $196,289,000 after acquiring an additional 23,234 shares in the last quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 30.1% during the 4th quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 1,750,475 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $199,169,000 after acquiring an additional 404,916 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nearwater Capital Markets Ltd boosted its position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 90.7% during the 4th quarter. Nearwater Capital Markets Ltd now owns 1,640,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $186,599,000 after purchasing an additional 780,000 shares during the period.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Trading Up 3.6%

Shares of NYSEARCA GDXJ opened at $100.56 on Thursday. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a 12-month low of $63.90 and a 12-month high of $157.49. The company has a market cap of $7.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.09 and a beta of 0.84. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $104.97 and a 200 day moving average price of $120.41.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Profile

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index (the Index). The Index provides exposure to a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the Company’s revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver.