iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:HEWJ) Stock Price Up 0.1% – Here’s What Happened

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:HEWJ) shares shot up 0.1% on Monday . The stock traded as high as $66.69 and last traded at $66.41. 37,898 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 72% from the average session volume of 136,758 shares. The stock had previously closed at $66.36.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF Trading Up 0.1%

The company has a market capitalization of $763.72 million, a PE ratio of 13.45 and a beta of 0.49. The business’s fifty day moving average is $63.92 and its two-hundred day moving average is $60.67.

Institutional Trading of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF by 34.1% during the fourth quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 857 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,000 after purchasing an additional 218 shares in the last quarter. Ascentis Independent Advisors increased its holdings in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF by 51.3% in the 1st quarter. Ascentis Independent Advisors now owns 13,628 shares of the company’s stock worth $767,000 after buying an additional 4,619 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF by 138.2% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 369,431 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,468,000 after buying an additional 214,312 shares in the last quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. increased its holdings in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF by 52.3% in the 4th quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 172,172 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,094,000 after buying an additional 59,104 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Williams Jones Wealth Management LLC. purchased a new position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $3,507,000.

About iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF (HEWJ) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap Japanese stocks, while fully hedging out its exposure to the yen relative to the US dollar. HEWJ was launched on Jan 31, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.