Short Interest in iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF (BATS:GVI) Increases By 104.0%

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF (BATS:GVI) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,131 shares, a growth of 104.0% from the April 15th total of 3,006 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 298,589 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in GVI. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its stake in iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF by 28.5% in the first quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 5,435 shares of the company’s stock worth $576,000 after purchasing an additional 1,207 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its stake in iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF by 5.7% in the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 183,828 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,631,000 after purchasing an additional 9,923 shares during the last quarter. Horizon Bancorp Inc. IN lifted its stake in iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF by 6.9% in the third quarter. Horizon Bancorp Inc. IN now owns 286,189 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,747,000 after purchasing an additional 18,437 shares during the last quarter. Vantage Investment Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF by 12.7% during the third quarter. Vantage Investment Partners LLC now owns 13,789 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,481,000 after acquiring an additional 1,550 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its stake in shares of iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF by 146.8% during the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 3,857 shares of the company’s stock valued at $414,000 after acquiring an additional 2,294 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF Price Performance

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF stock opened at $105.65 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $106.61 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $107.19. iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $105.15 and a twelve month high of $108.34.

About iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

The iShares Intermediate Government\u002FCredit Bond ETF (GVI) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of US Treasury, agency and investment-grade corporate bonds with remaining maturities of 1-10 years. GVI was launched on Jan 5, 2007 and is managed by BlackRock.