iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ Shares Acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 19.2% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 2,218,204 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 357,853 shares during the quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF were worth $70,457,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Ameriflex Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 100.0% in the third quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 880 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 440 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 819.7% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,683 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $44,000 after acquiring an additional 1,500 shares during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 16.7% during the 4th quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,052 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $65,000 after acquiring an additional 293 shares during the last quarter. Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda lifted its position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 462.5% during the 4th quarter. Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda now owns 900,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $72,000 after acquiring an additional 740,000 shares during the period. Finally, Triumph Capital Management acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $90,000. 72.69% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Price Performance

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF stock opened at $34.11 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $37.71 and a 200-day simple moving average of $36.27. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a 12 month low of $26.30 and a 12 month high of $42.02. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.95 billion, a PE ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.61.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Company Profile

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