iShares MSCI Belgium ETF (NYSEARCA:EWK) Short Interest Down 20.3% in December

iShares MSCI Belgium ETF (NYSEARCA:EWK) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 15,705 shares, a drop of 20.3% from the December 15th total of 19,704 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,103 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.1 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company’s shares are sold short. Currently, 1.5% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 5,103 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.1 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares MSCI Belgium ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of EWK. Flow Traders U.S. LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Belgium ETF by 98.6% in the third quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 61,263 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,423,000 after buying an additional 30,408 shares during the period. Moran Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Belgium ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,378,000. Osaic Holdings Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Belgium ETF by 26.2% in the 2nd quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 3,769 shares of the company’s stock worth $83,000 after acquiring an additional 782 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Belgium ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,502,000. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Belgium ETF by 157.9% during the second quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 91,296 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,013,000 after purchasing an additional 55,890 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Belgium ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of iShares MSCI Belgium ETF stock opened at $25.33 on Friday. iShares MSCI Belgium ETF has a 12-month low of $18.10 and a 12-month high of $25.35. The company has a market cap of $26.34 million, a P/E ratio of 18.50 and a beta of 0.81. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $24.31 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $23.43.

iShares MSCI Belgium ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Belgium Capped ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Belgium Capped Investable Market Index Fund (the 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 Belgian market, as measured by the MSCI Belgium Investable Market Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Belgian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 99% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.