iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF (NYSEARCA:EWM) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF (NYSEARCA:EWM) saw a large decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 451,483 shares, a decline of 63.6% from the January 29th total of 1,240,739 shares. Approximately 3.7% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 453,196 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Based on an average trading volume of 453,196 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 3.7% of the company’s stock are sold short.

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF stock opened at $29.84 on Thursday. iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF has a fifty-two week low of $20.80 and a fifty-two week high of $30.14. The company has a market capitalization of $367.02 million, a P/E ratio of 14.29 and a beta of 0.55. The company has a fifty day moving average of $28.64 and a 200 day moving average of $26.82.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Invesco Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $263,000. First Growth Capital LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $356,000. CacheTech Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF in the 4th quarter worth $1,149,000. Quadrature Capital Ltd acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $290,000. Finally, OLD Mission Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $1,917,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.75% of the company’s stock.

About iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF

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