iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF (NYSEARCA:TOK) Short Interest Down 86.3% in June

iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF (NYSEARCA:TOK) was the target of a large decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 77 shares, a decline of 86.3% from the June 15th total of 564 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 1,558 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.0 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $89,000. Citadel Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF by 84.6% in the third quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 4,034 shares of the company’s stock valued at $544,000 after purchasing an additional 1,849 shares during the last quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF by 7.8% during the fourth quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 78,205 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,805,000 after purchasing an additional 5,685 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF by 22.2% during the third quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 95,439 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,882,000 after purchasing an additional 17,310 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of TOK traded up $0.21 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $151.57. 1,272 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,988. iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF has a 52 week low of $125.61 and a 52 week high of $152.87. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $149.59 and its 200-day simple moving average is $142.86. The firm has a market cap of $250.09 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.74 and a beta of 0.96.

About iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF

The iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF (TOK) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Kokusai (World ex Japan) index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of large- and mid-cap developed market stocks outside of Japan. TOK was launched on Dec 10, 2007 and is managed by BlackRock.