iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF (NYSEARCA:TOK) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF (NYSEARCA:TOK) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 567 shares, a growth of 636.4% from the June 30th total of 77 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,557 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of TOK. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $89,000. Citadel Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF by 84.6% in the third quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 4,034 shares of the company’s stock valued at $544,000 after buying an additional 1,849 shares during the period. Finally, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF by 7.8% in the fourth quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 78,205 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,805,000 after buying an additional 5,685 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF stock opened at $149.00 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $150.01 and its 200-day simple moving average is $143.66. The company has a market cap of $245.85 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.74 and a beta of 0.96. iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF has a 1 year low of $125.61 and a 1 year high of $152.87.

About iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF

The iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF (TOK) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Kokusai (World ex Japan) index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of large- and mid-cap developed market stocks outside of Japan. TOK was launched on Dec 10, 2007 and is managed by BlackRock.