iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Holdings Lifted by Brown Advisory Inc.

Brown Advisory Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 14.6% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 112,194 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,266 shares during the period. Brown Advisory Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $8,411,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of EWJ. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2,106.3% in the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 2,398,952 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $164,472,000 after purchasing an additional 2,290,221 shares during the period. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 60.6% during the second quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,677,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $200,715,000 after purchasing an additional 1,010,345 shares in the last quarter. Strs Ohio acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $35,041,000. Hsbc Holdings PLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 94.2% in the 1st quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,001,860 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $68,259,000 after buying an additional 485,932 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,708.6% in the 2nd quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 365,133 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $27,374,000 after buying an additional 364,053 shares in the last quarter. 64.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of NYSEARCA:EWJ opened at $83.19 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $82.28 and a two-hundred day moving average of $78.34. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 12-month low of $59.84 and a 12-month high of $84.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. 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 Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index).