Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. Purchases 19,397 Shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF $EWT

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWT) by 31.9% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 80,140 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 19,397 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. owned 0.08% of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF worth $5,099,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. M&T Bank Corp increased its position in iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 3.6% during the second quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 5,065 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $291,000 after buying an additional 178 shares during the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 25.7% during the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,071 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $68,000 after acquiring an additional 219 shares during the period. Gould Asset Management LLC CA increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 2.5% during the 2nd quarter. Gould Asset Management LLC CA now owns 16,460 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $945,000 after acquiring an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its stake in iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 151,780 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,712,000 after acquiring an additional 480 shares during the period. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 2.2% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 28,983 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,664,000 after acquiring an additional 613 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:EWT opened at $67.34 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $64.15 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $62.60. The company has a market cap of $7.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.58 and a beta of 0.94. iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF has a one year low of $39.44 and a one year high of $67.72.

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF Profile

Ishares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Taiwan IndexSM (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.