BNP Paribas Financial Markets Increases Stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF $VGK

BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 93.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 231,370 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 111,463 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets owned 0.07% of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF worth $19,345,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of VGK. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 3.2% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 39,916,587 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,185,344,000 after buying an additional 1,243,862 shares in the last quarter. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 3.4% in the 4th quarter. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan now owns 9,136,296 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $763,886,000 after buying an additional 300,845 shares in the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 8,695,326 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $727,016,000 after buying an additional 214,473 shares in the last quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 6,294,468 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $526,658,000 after buying an additional 40,667 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 8.7% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,379,766 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $366,192,000 after buying an additional 349,648 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Trading Down 2.0%

Shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF stock opened at $87.13 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $30.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $86.70 and a 200-day simple moving average of $85.44. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 12-month low of $74.24 and a 12-month high of $90.75.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Profile

Vanguard European Stock Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by Companies located in the markets of Europe. The Fund on focuses indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index. The Fund’s investment advisor is The Vanguard Group, Inc