Guidance Capital Inc. Takes $345,000 Position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ)

Guidance Capital Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund acquired 5,036 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $345,000.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 3.3% in the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 7,735,522 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $549,841,000 after buying an additional 244,641 shares during the period. Glenmede Trust Co. NA lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 1.3% during the third quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA now owns 1,346,971 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $96,362,000 after purchasing an additional 17,765 shares during the last quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 48.8% during the third quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,138,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $81,413,000 after purchasing an additional 373,000 shares during the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 1,098,246 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $78,568,000 after purchasing an additional 27,172 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Money Design Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 5.9% during the third quarter. Money Design Co. Ltd. now owns 840,188 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $60,107,000 after purchasing an additional 46,954 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Up 1.2 %

Shares of NYSEARCA EWJ opened at $69.12 on Thursday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 12 month low of $60.62 and a 12 month high of $73.24. The company has a market cap of $16.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.63 and a beta of 0.73. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $67.94 and a 200-day simple moving average of $68.79.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. 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 Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index).