iShares Global Healthcare ETF (NYSEARCA:IXJ) Reaches New 1-Year High at $93.50

iShares Global Healthcare ETF (NYSEARCA:IXJ) hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $93.50 and last traded at $93.38, with a volume of 11925 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $93.08.

iShares Global Healthcare ETF Stock Down 0.0 %

The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $90.76 and a 200-day simple moving average of $88.53. The stock has a market cap of $4.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.61 and a beta of 0.56.

Institutional Trading of iShares Global Healthcare ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Principal Securities Inc. bought a new position in iShares Global Healthcare ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $43,000. CENTRAL TRUST Co bought a new position in iShares Global Healthcare ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $48,000. Allworth Financial LP raised its holdings in iShares Global Healthcare ETF by 1,487.2% during the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,000 after buying an additional 580 shares in the last quarter. Creekmur Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Global Healthcare ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $115,000. Finally, Wharton Business Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Global Healthcare ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $208,000.

iShares Global Healthcare ETF Company Profile

iShares Global Healthcare ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares S&P Global Healthcare Sector Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P Global 1200 Healthcare Sector Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of companies that Standards & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (S&P) deems to be a part of the consumer staples sector of the economy.