Rathbones Group PLC Sells 6,407 Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ

Rathbones Group PLC cut its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 3.3% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 190,723 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 6,407 shares during the period. Rathbones Group PLC owned about 0.10% of iShares MSCI Japan ETF worth $15,399,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Focus Partners Wealth raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 39.0% during the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 10,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $701,000 after buying an additional 2,869 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 229.1% during the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 38,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,886,000 after buying an additional 26,800 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% during the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $29,199,000 after buying an additional 388,318 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 6.1% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 546,723 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,988,000 after buying an additional 31,344 shares in the last quarter. Finally, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 46.3% during the 2nd quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 284,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $21,318,000 after buying an additional 89,999 shares in the last quarter. 64.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Performance

iShares MSCI Japan ETF stock opened at $91.37 on Friday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 52 week low of $71.09 and a 52 week high of $94.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $87.46 and a 200-day moving average of $85.89.

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). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.