iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF (NASDAQ:ENZL) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF (NASDAQ:ENZL) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 81,108 shares, a growth of 103.0% from the May 14th total of 39,950 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 38,565 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 5.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ENZL. Jane Street Group LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF by 11.7% in the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 42,860 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,804,000 after buying an additional 4,491 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF during the third quarter worth $28,000. Susquehanna International Group LLP lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF by 219.5% during the third quarter. Susquehanna International Group LLP now owns 23,881 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,097,000 after purchasing an additional 16,407 shares during the period. Wexford Capital LP acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF during the third quarter worth $1,378,000. Finally, Marotta Asset Management lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Marotta Asset Management now owns 169,725 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,684,000 after purchasing an additional 2,437 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF Trading Up 0.7%

iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF stock traded up $0.32 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $46.00. The company had a trading volume of 51,594 shares, compared to its average volume of 37,369. iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF has a fifty-two week low of $41.69 and a fifty-two week high of $48.24. The company has a market cap of $73.60 million, a P/E ratio of 41.58 and a beta of 0.89. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $44.70 and a 200 day simple moving average of $45.33.

iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF (ENZL) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI New Zeland IMI 25-50 index. The fund tracks the performance of a market-cap-weighted index of equity securities in the top 99% of the New Zealand equity market. ENZL was launched on Sep 1, 2010 and is managed by BlackRock.