Short Interest in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) Drops By 88.7%

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) was the target of a large decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 246,662 shares, a decline of 88.7% from the August 15th total of 2,183,676 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 2,194,227 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 825.6% during the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 6,045,597 shares of the company’s stock valued at $467,384,000 after acquiring an additional 5,392,418 shares in the last quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 18.9% in the 4th quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC now owns 2,043,417 shares of the company’s stock worth $172,955,000 after purchasing an additional 324,706 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 14,604,900.0% in the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 292,100 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,582,000 after purchasing an additional 292,098 shares in the last quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC grew its position in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 243.7% during the 4th quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 237,662 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,116,000 after purchasing an additional 168,504 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 5.2% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,860,611 shares of the company’s stock valued at $154,746,000 after purchasing an additional 92,193 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Stock Up 1.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:IXUS traded up $1.03 on Friday, hitting $97.31. The company had a trading volume of 595,103 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,278,388. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $96.03 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $93.63. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF has a 1 year low of $81.01 and a 1 year high of $98.82. The firm has a market capitalization of $60.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.14 and a beta of 0.78.

About iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

The iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of global stocks covering 99% of the global market capitalization outside the US. IXUS was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.