iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Sees Large Volume Increase – Here’s Why

Shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) saw unusually-high trading volume on Wednesday . Approximately 1,001,262 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 23% from the previous session’s volume of 815,634 shares.The stock last traded at $99.59 and had previously closed at $99.77.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Trading Up 1.0%

The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $100.11 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $94.45. The stock has a market cap of $3.63 billion, a PE ratio of 15.30 and a beta of 0.60.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 16th were paid a dividend of $1.1246 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 250.0%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 16th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,924,751 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $272,353,000 after buying an additional 43,806 shares during the last quarter. J.Safra Asset Management Corp raised its position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 4.6% during the 4th quarter. J.Safra Asset Management Corp now owns 844,489 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $78,639,000 after buying an additional 37,240 shares during the last quarter. Pragma Gestao DE Patrimonio Ltd. lifted its position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 232.9% during the second quarter. Pragma Gestao DE Patrimonio Ltd. now owns 799,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $66,013,000 after purchasing an additional 559,000 shares during the period. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 155.1% in the 3rd quarter. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI now owns 97,790 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,091,000 after buying an additional 59,450 shares during the period. Finally, Climber Capital SA purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,746,000.

About iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index). The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure equity market performance of the 12 countries, such as Australia, China, Honk Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.