iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF (NYSEARCA:HEZU) Short Interest Update

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF (NYSEARCA:HEZU) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 39,690 shares, a growth of 860.8% from the July 15th total of 4,131 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 16,524 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF by 3.4% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 12,671 shares of the company’s stock valued at $520,000 after buying an additional 420 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its stake in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF by 26.4% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 155,423 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,057,000 after acquiring an additional 32,459 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its stake in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF by 1,177.9% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 22,888 shares of the company’s stock worth $892,000 after acquiring an additional 21,097 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada raised its holdings in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF by 4.7% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 51,645 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,013,000 after acquiring an additional 2,309 shares in the last quarter. Finally, IFC & Insurance Marketing Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $35,000.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF stock traded up $0.21 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $50.57. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 878 shares, compared to its average volume of 62,196. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $49.04 and its 200-day moving average price is $46.85. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF has a 52 week low of $40.16 and a 52 week high of $50.99. The firm has a market cap of $589.14 million, a PE ratio of 16.09 and a beta of 0.66.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF Company Profile

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF (HEZU) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a cap-weighted index of large- and mid-cap securities from the eurozone, while hedging out its exposure to the euro currency relative to the US dollar. HEZU was launched on Jul 10, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.