Contravisory Investment Management Inc. Buys 6,720 Shares of iShares MSCI France ETF (NYSEARCA:EWQ)

Contravisory Investment Management Inc. raised its position in iShares MSCI France ETF (NYSEARCA:EWQ) by 59.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 17,964 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,720 shares during the period. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. owned approximately 0.07% of iShares MSCI France ETF worth $692,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI France ETF by 86.8% during the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 4,307,202 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $162,812,000 after purchasing an additional 2,001,114 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF by 5,098.9% in the first quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 1,868,322 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $66,007,000 after purchasing an additional 1,832,385 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF by 10.7% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,299,397 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $43,036,000 after buying an additional 125,614 shares in the last quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI France ETF by 83.5% in the first quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 844,303 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $31,915,000 after purchasing an additional 384,245 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI France ETF in the first quarter worth $19,380,000.

iShares MSCI France ETF Price Performance

EWQ stock traded down $0.34 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $36.81. 346,020 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 667,484. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $37.98 and its 200-day simple moving average is $37.93. iShares MSCI France ETF has a 1-year low of $26.26 and a 1-year high of $39.95. The firm has a market cap of $942.34 million, a P/E ratio of 12.58 and a beta of 1.03.

iShares MSCI France ETF Profile

iShares MSCI France ETF, formerly iShares MSCI France Index Fund, seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the French market, as measured by the MSCI France Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the French equity market.