iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF (BATS:EWUS) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF (BATS:EWUS) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 773 shares, an increase of 327.1% from the April 30th total of 181 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,561 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF stock opened at $43.00 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $41.59 and a 200 day moving average of $42.03. iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF has a 12 month low of $38.02 and a 12 month high of $45.04. The firm has a market cap of $43 million, a PE ratio of 14.52 and a beta of 1.10.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Sankala Group LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $1,454,000. Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF during the third quarter valued at $1,066,000. Finally, Rathbones Group PLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $566,000.

About iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF

The iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF (EWUS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI United Kingdom Small Cap index, a market-cap-weighted index of small-cap United Kingdom companies. EWUS was launched on Jan 25, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.