SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (NYSEARCA:FEZ) Short Interest Update

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (NYSEARCA:FEZ) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,473,372 shares, a growth of 35.2% from the November 30th total of 2,569,149 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,216,214 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 4.6% of the company’s shares are sold short. Currently, 4.6% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 1,216,214 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days.

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF Stock Performance

FEZ stock traded down $0.34 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $64.39. The company had a trading volume of 2,342,482 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,905,804. The firm has a market cap of $4.86 billion, a PE ratio of 16.43 and a beta of 1.06. SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF has a 12 month low of $47.63 and a 12 month high of $65.06. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $63.30 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $61.38.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Mainstay Capital Management LLC ADV increased its holdings in shares of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 244.3% in the 2nd quarter. Mainstay Capital Management LLC ADV now owns 4,158,074 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $248,362,000 after buying an additional 2,950,372 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 1,171.5% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,483,102 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $88,586,000 after acquiring an additional 1,366,460 shares during the last quarter. 1607 Capital Partners LLC raised its position in SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 1,072.1% during the third quarter. 1607 Capital Partners LLC now owns 852,398 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $52,951,000 after purchasing an additional 779,675 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans bought a new stake in SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF during the second quarter worth about $32,447,000. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its stake in SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 505.2% during the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 600,664 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $35,878,000 after purchasing an additional 501,414 shares during the last quarter.

About SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield of the EURO STOXX 50 Index (the Index). The Index is designed to represent the performance of some of the companies across components of the 20 EURO STOXX Supersector Indexes. The EURO STOXX Supersector Indexes are subsets of the EURO STOXX Index. The EURO STOXX Index is a broad liquid subset of the STOXX Europe 600 Index. The Index captures approximately 60% of the free-float market capitalization of the EURO STOXX Total Market Index, which in turn covers approximately 95% of the free float market capitalization of the represented countries.