iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) Stock Short Interest Report for October

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) saw a large decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 509,284 shares, a decrease of 95.0% from the October 15th total of 10,170,977 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 3,897,319 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Russell Investments Group Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 1,484,373 shares of the company’s stock worth $147,072,000 after acquiring an additional 38,300 shares during the last quarter. TIAA CREF Individual & Institutional Services LLC grew its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. TIAA CREF Individual & Institutional Services LLC now owns 731,589 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,486,000 after acquiring an additional 13,640 shares during the last quarter. Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd. grew its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 29.9% in the 3rd quarter. Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd. now owns 700,439 shares of the company’s stock valued at $69,399,000 after acquiring an additional 161,036 shares during the last quarter. Hughes Financial Services LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 2.9% in the third quarter. Hughes Financial Services LLC now owns 666,747 shares of the company’s stock worth $61,941,000 after purchasing an additional 18,751 shares during the period. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 2.2% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 628,287 shares of the company’s stock worth $62,251,000 after purchasing an additional 13,750 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Stock Down 1.4%

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF stock traded down $1.28 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $89.63. The stock had a trading volume of 5,543,011 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,973,457. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF has a 52-week low of $68.63 and a 52-week high of $107.12. The firm has a market cap of $25.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.74 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a fifty day moving average of $95.94 and a 200 day moving average of $92.17.

About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (EMXC) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China index. The fund tracks a market-cap- weighted index of emerging-market firms, excluding China. The index covers 85% of the universe by market cap. EMXC was launched on Jul 18, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.