iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (NYSEARCA:EWT)

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWT) saw unusually large options trading on Monday. Stock investors acquired 3,176 call options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 302% compared to the typical daily volume of 790 call options.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 2,378.2% in the 2nd quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 1,905,456 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $109,373,000 after acquiring an additional 1,828,566 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 393.4% during the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 2,085,693 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $119,719,000 after purchasing an additional 1,662,985 shares during the period. Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 4,066.3% during the second quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 1,677,273 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $97,030,000 after purchasing an additional 1,637,015 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $57,028,000. Finally, DRW Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $38,207,000.

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF Stock Down 1.2%

Shares of EWT traded down $0.91 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $73.47. The company had a trading volume of 1,433,836 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,179,085. iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF has a 1-year low of $39.44 and a 1-year high of $74.50. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $67.23 and its 200-day simple moving average is $64.68. The stock has a market cap of $8.27 billion, a PE ratio of 17.58 and a beta of 0.94.

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF Company Profile

Ishares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Taiwan IndexSM (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.