Cibc World Market Inc. Acquires 4,733 Shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY

Cibc World Market Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 6.2% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 81,215 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,733 shares during the period. Cibc World Market Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF were worth $6,505,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Hsbc Holdings PLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1,753.0% during the 2nd quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,296,271 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $93,047,000 after purchasing an additional 1,226,315 shares during the last quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 31,122.4% in the second quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 1,065,620 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $75,382,000 after purchasing an additional 1,062,207 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 4,532.1% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,066,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $76,536,000 after buying an additional 1,043,238 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF during the second quarter worth $48,810,000. Finally, Temasek Holdings Private Ltd grew its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1,194.2% during the second quarter. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd now owns 736,400 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $52,859,000 after buying an additional 679,500 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Trading Up 2.4%

Shares of NYSEARCA:EWY opened at $133.97 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $13.18 billion, a PE ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.22. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $108.33 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $91.92. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 1-year low of $48.49 and a 1-year high of $134.32.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.