16,012 Shares in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF $GDXJ Bought by Fifth Third Bancorp

Fifth Third Bancorp acquired a new stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund acquired 16,012 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $1,922,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of GDXJ. Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 22.2% in the second quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 26,075 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,762,000 after acquiring an additional 4,731 shares during the last quarter. Amundi grew its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 97.1% during the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 138,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,418,000 after purchasing an additional 68,000 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 15.7% during the 2nd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 39,266 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,654,000 after purchasing an additional 5,320 shares during the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd acquired a new position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $7,914,000. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 13.8% in the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 14,604 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $987,000 after purchasing an additional 1,767 shares during the last quarter.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Price Performance

Shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF stock opened at $100.56 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $104.97 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $120.41. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.09 and a beta of 0.84. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a fifty-two week low of $63.90 and a fifty-two week 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.