Traders Purchase Large Volume of iShares MSCI Canada ETF Put Options (NYSEARCA:EWC)

iShares MSCI Canada ETF (NYSEARCA:EWC) saw unusually large options trading on Thursday. Traders purchased 3,782 put options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 248% compared to the average daily volume of 1,088 put options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Canada ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Raymond James & Associates boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 78.5% in the first quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 40,085 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,612,000 after purchasing an additional 17,629 shares during the period. Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 128.2% in the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 12,250 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $492,000 after purchasing an additional 6,881 shares during the period. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 742.3% in the first quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 54,750 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,201,000 after purchasing an additional 48,250 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 190.9% in the first quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 2,626,898 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $105,628,000 after purchasing an additional 1,723,720 shares during the period. Finally, Blair William & Co. IL boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 26.6% in the first quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 15,241 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $613,000 after purchasing an additional 3,198 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Trading Down 0.5 %

Shares of NYSEARCA EWC opened at $37.76 on Friday. iShares MSCI Canada ETF has a twelve month low of $31.41 and a twelve month high of $38.62. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $37.30 and a 200-day simple moving average of $35.57. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.37 billion, a PE ratio of 14.06 and a beta of 1.02.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Canada ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The 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 Canadian market, as measured by the MSCI Canada Index (the Index).