iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NASDAQ:EMB)

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) saw some unusual options trading activity on Tuesday. Investors purchased 37,325 put options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 174% compared to the typical volume of 13,640 put options.

Institutional Trading of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $42,000. Baystate Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 19.5% in the third quarter. Baystate Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,642 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $383,000 after purchasing an additional 759 shares during the period. First Merchants Corp lifted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 1.0% during the third quarter. First Merchants Corp now owns 38,791 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,201,000 after buying an additional 383 shares during the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association acquired a new stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the third quarter worth $45,378,000. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. increased its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 17.3% during the third quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. now owns 527,310 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $43,514,000 after acquiring an additional 77,703 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Stock Down 0.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ EMB opened at $88.57 on Thursday. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $79.70 and a 1 year high of $90.08. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $88.55 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $87.15.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.3606 per share. This represents a $4.33 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, May 1st.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries.