iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ Shares Acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 19.2% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 2,218,204 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 357,853 shares during the quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. owned about 0.94% of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF worth $70,457,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in EWZ. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 1,276,599 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,558,000 after purchasing an additional 16,367 shares in the last quarter. Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 175.0% in the 3rd quarter. Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC now owns 220,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,820,000 after buying an additional 140,000 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 71.4% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,110,619 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $65,429,000 after buying an additional 879,500 shares during the last quarter. Black Swift Group LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 17.4% during the 3rd quarter. Black Swift Group LLC now owns 362,435 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $11,235,000 after acquiring an additional 53,590 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 586.9% during the 4th quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 328,458 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $10,486,000 after acquiring an additional 280,639 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.69% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Price Performance

Shares of EWZ opened at $34.11 on Thursday. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a 1-year low of $26.30 and a 1-year high of $42.02. The stock has a market cap of $9.95 billion, a PE ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.61. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $37.71 and a 200 day moving average price of $36.27.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Index 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 Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Brazilian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.