Traders Buy High Volume of Put Options on SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT)

Posted by ABMN Staff on Mar 26th, 2026

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT – Get Free Report) saw some unusual options trading on Tuesday. Stock investors bought 23,752 put options on the company. This is an increase of 116% compared to the typical volume of 10,986 put options.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On SPDR S&P Retail ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. NBC Securities Inc. grew its position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 15.3% during the fourth quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 1,245 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $106,000 after buying an additional 165 shares during the period. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC raised its position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 1.6% in the second quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 13,877 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,069,000 after acquiring an additional 219 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its stake in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 8.4% in the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 3,497 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $269,000 after acquiring an additional 272 shares during the last quarter. First Horizon Corp purchased a new position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF in the third quarter valued at about $26,000. Finally, Pittenger & Anderson Inc. bought a new position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $29,000.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Trading Up 0.9%

XRT stock opened at $80.06 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $85.86 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $85.36. SPDR S&P Retail ETF has a 1-year low of $61.33 and a 1-year high of $91.65. The stock has a market cap of $484.36 million, a P/E ratio of 14.70 and a beta of 1.24.