iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Shares Acquired by Lido Advisors LLC

Lido Advisors LLC increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 142.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 556,904 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 327,597 shares during the period. Lido Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $47,025,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Focus Partners Wealth raised its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 39.0% during the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 10,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $701,000 after acquiring an additional 2,869 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 229.1% in the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 38,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,886,000 after acquiring an additional 26,800 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% in the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $29,199,000 after acquiring an additional 388,318 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 6.1% during the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 546,723 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $40,988,000 after purchasing an additional 31,344 shares during the last quarter. Finally, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 46.3% during the second quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 284,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $21,318,000 after purchasing an additional 89,999 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF stock opened at $92.19 on Thursday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $92.79 and its 200-day simple moving average is $89.22. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a twelve month low of $73.34 and a twelve month high of $97.52.

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.