Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund Sells 425,000 Shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF $GDXJ

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund trimmed its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 85.0% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 75,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 425,000 shares during the quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund’s holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF were worth $9,003,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Princeton Global Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the first quarter worth about $27,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. purchased a new stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Colonial Trust Advisors bought a new stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, Arax Advisory Partners purchased a new position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $44,000.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF stock opened at $96.78 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $6.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.09 and a beta of 0.84. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $103.44 and a 200-day moving average price of $119.83. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a one year low of $63.90 and a one year high of $157.49.

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.