Investors Purchase Large Volume of Call Options on Invesco DB Agriculture Fund (NYSEARCA:DBA)

Invesco DB Agriculture Fund (NYSEARCA:DBA) saw unusually large options trading on Monday. Investors purchased 51,642 call options on the company. This is an increase of 2,142% compared to the average volume of 2,303 call options.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. International Assets Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Invesco DB Agriculture Fund during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Group One Trading LLC purchased a new position in Invesco DB Agriculture Fund during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $36,000. Advisory Services Network LLC purchased a new position in Invesco DB Agriculture Fund during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $41,000. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Invesco DB Agriculture Fund during the 4th quarter valued at $60,000. Finally, Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Invesco DB Agriculture Fund in the fourth quarter valued at $63,000. 38.63% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Invesco DB Agriculture Fund Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:DBA traded down $0.03 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $28.29. The company had a trading volume of 563,795 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,129,200. Invesco DB Agriculture Fund has a 1-year low of $25.40 and a 1-year high of $28.84. The firm has a market cap of $1.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.32 and a beta of 0.11. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $27.48 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $27.11.

Invesco DB Agriculture Fund Company Profile

PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (the Fund) is a separate series of PowerShares DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust (the Trust). The Fund’s subsidiary is DB Agriculture Master Fund (the Master Fund), a separate series of DB Multi-Sector Commodity Master Trust (the Master Trust). The Fund offers common units of beneficial interest (the Shares) only to certain eligible financial institutions (the Authorized Participants) in one or more blocks of 200,000 Shares, called a Basket. The proceeds from the offering of Shares are invested in the Master Fund.