Commonwealth Equity Services LLC Purchases 73,058 Shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX)

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC raised its position in VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) by 9.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 821,531 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 73,058 shares during the period. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC’s holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF were worth $25,476,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. City Holding Co. increased its stake in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. City Holding Co. now owns 42,395 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,314,000 after buying an additional 384 shares during the last quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 2.3% during the 4th quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC now owns 17,319 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $537,000 after purchasing an additional 391 shares in the last quarter. Kercheville Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Kercheville Advisors LLC now owns 150,910 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,680,000 after buying an additional 404 shares during the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 84,153 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,610,000 after buying an additional 415 shares in the last quarter. Finally, D.A. Davidson & CO. increased its holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 1.4% during the third quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 31,415 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $845,000 after buying an additional 438 shares during the last quarter.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Price Performance

Shares of GDX stock opened at $33.44 on Monday. VanEck Gold Miners ETF has a one year low of $25.62 and a one year high of $36.26. The stock has a market cap of $13.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.03 and a beta of 0.85. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $31.35 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $29.83.

About VanEck Gold Miners ETF

The Fund seeks to match as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the AMEX Gold Miners Index. The Fund, utilizing a passive or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of stocks that generally replicate the Index.