Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC Boosts Holdings in iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF $EZU

Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF (BATS:EZU) by 109.5% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 399,572 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 208,866 shares during the period. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC owned 0.29% of iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF worth $25,613,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF by 24.7% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,470,572 shares of the company’s stock valued at $503,576,000 after buying an additional 1,680,517 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF by 148.7% in the 4th quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 5,545,969 shares of the company’s stock valued at $355,497,000 after acquiring an additional 3,316,079 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF by 11.9% in the 4th quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 3,335,268 shares of the company’s stock valued at $213,791,000 after acquiring an additional 355,802 shares in the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF by 27.9% in the 4th quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 2,719,562 shares of the company’s stock valued at $174,324,000 after acquiring an additional 593,564 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS Group AG boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF by 7.4% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,266,312 shares of the company’s stock valued at $81,171,000 after acquiring an additional 87,549 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of BATS EZU opened at $69.31 on Friday. iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF has a 12 month low of $56.70 and a 12 month high of $70.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.35 and a beta of 1.01. The business has a 50-day moving average of $67.69 and a 200-day moving average of $65.93.

iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF Profile

iShares MSCI EMU ETF, formerly iShares MSCI EMU 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 European Monetary Union (EMU) markets, as measured by the MSCI EMU Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the equity markets of the EMU member countries: those members of the European Union who have adopted the Euro as its currency.