Optiver Holding B.V. Grows Stake in iShares MSCI Germany ETF $EWG

Optiver Holding B.V. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Germany ETF (NYSEARCA:EWG) by 38.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 811,941 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 224,299 shares during the quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. owned about 1.66% of iShares MSCI Germany ETF worth $33,785,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. NewEdge Advisors LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI Germany ETF in the first quarter worth about $65,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Germany ETF by 3,443.5% during the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 19,489 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $723,000 after acquiring an additional 18,939 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Germany ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $1,497,000. Focus Partners Wealth purchased a new position in iShares MSCI Germany ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $288,000. Finally, Rhumbline Advisers lifted its position in iShares MSCI Germany ETF by 164.3% in the 1st quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 3,105 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $115,000 after acquiring an additional 1,930 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 53.42% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Germany ETF Trading Up 0.1%

iShares MSCI Germany ETF stock opened at $43.95 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $1.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.79 and a beta of 1.03. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $43.28 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $42.06. iShares MSCI Germany ETF has a 12 month low of $32.82 and a 12 month high of $44.62.

iShares MSCI Germany ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Germany ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Germany 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 German market, as measured by the MSCI Germany Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Germany equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.