iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) Short Interest Down 15.0% in March

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 5,643,873 shares, a drop of 15.0% from the February 26th total of 6,636,416 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,327,208 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the company are short sold.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ IXUS opened at $86.64 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $89.57 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $86.06. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF has a 52 week low of $61.75 and a 52 week high of $94.61. The company has a market cap of $53.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.14 and a beta of 0.80.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Equitable Trust Co. lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. Equitable Trust Co. now owns 559,503 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,204,000 after acquiring an additional 7,630 shares during the period. Davidson Trust Co. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 55.1% during the 3rd quarter. Davidson Trust Co. now owns 62,211 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,138,000 after buying an additional 22,089 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 37.9% in the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 8,334,604 shares of the company’s stock worth $688,270,000 after buying an additional 2,289,007 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 92.3% in the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 31,648 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,614,000 after buying an additional 15,191 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Finley Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 4.7% in the third quarter. Finley Financial LLC now owns 197,377 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,299,000 after acquiring an additional 8,940 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

The iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of global stocks covering 99% of the global market capitalization outside the US. IXUS was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.