Fortis Group Advisors LLC Lowers Holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF $VGK

Fortis Group Advisors LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 15.4% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 55,145 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 10,056 shares during the period. Fortis Group Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $4,428,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 8.9% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 38,672,725 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,997,136,000 after acquiring an additional 3,167,220 shares during the last quarter. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan boosted its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 37.3% during the 2nd quarter. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan now owns 8,835,451 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $684,747,000 after purchasing an additional 2,400,165 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 43.3% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,109,288 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $240,970,000 after purchasing an additional 939,927 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. increased its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 66.8% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,851,240 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $143,471,000 after purchasing an additional 741,459 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 155.2% in the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 867,675 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $67,245,000 after purchasing an additional 527,738 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Up 0.6%

NYSEARCA:VGK opened at $89.23 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $85.82 and its two-hundred day moving average is $81.89. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 52 week low of $62.02 and a 52 week high of $89.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $31.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.93.

About Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Vanguard European Stock Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by Companies located in the markets of Europe. The Fund on focuses indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index. The Fund’s investment advisor is The Vanguard Group, Inc