Bank of America Corp DE Acquires 156,792 Shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF $EWC

Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF (NYSEARCA:EWC) by 8.1% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 2,081,714 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 156,792 shares during the quarter. Bank of America Corp DE’s holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF were worth $114,057,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of EWC. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 52.4% during the first quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 4,841,833 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $265,284,000 after purchasing an additional 1,663,788 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1,675.5% in the fourth quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 3,178,045 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $171,392,000 after purchasing an additional 2,999,053 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 5.4% in the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,800,052 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $98,625,000 after purchasing an additional 91,652 shares in the last quarter. Korea Investment CORP grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 5.7% in the 4th quarter. Korea Investment CORP now owns 1,757,957 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,807,000 after buying an additional 94,857 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1.4% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,534,679 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $62,538,000 after acquiring an additional 21,113 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA EWC opened at $61.30 on Friday. iShares MSCI Canada ETF has a 1 year low of $46.91 and a 1 year high of $61.32. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $58.73 and a 200 day moving average of $57.33. The stock has a market cap of $6.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.77 and a beta of 0.86.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Canada ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Canadian market, as measured by the MSCI Canada Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Canadian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.