iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Shares Sold by Citigroup Inc.

Citigroup Inc. trimmed its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 29.3% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 436,141 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 181,064 shares during the period. Citigroup Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $34,983,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 60.6% in the 2nd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,677,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $200,715,000 after acquiring an additional 1,010,345 shares in the last quarter. Johns Hopkins University acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the second quarter valued at about $57,761,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2.6% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 26,102,320 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,093,667,000 after purchasing an additional 662,373 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 44.9% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,261,058 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,540,000 after purchasing an additional 390,526 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% during the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $29,199,000 after purchasing an additional 388,318 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF stock opened at $91.23 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a twelve month low of $59.84 and a twelve month high of $94.28. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.80 billion, a PE ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $85.73 and its 200 day moving average price is $82.93.

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). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo 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.