iShares MSCI Israel ETF $EIS Shares Acquired by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Israel ETF (NYSEARCA:EIS) by 98.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 28,662 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,213 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Israel ETF were worth $3,154,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Israel ETF by 146,250.0% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 600,035 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,022,000 after purchasing an additional 599,625 shares during the period. Korea Investment CORP grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Israel ETF by 130.9% during the 3rd quarter. Korea Investment CORP now owns 410,232 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,146,000 after purchasing an additional 232,559 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Israel ETF during the 1st quarter worth $5,684,000. UBS Group AG grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Israel ETF by 59.9% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 69,281 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,623,000 after purchasing an additional 25,954 shares during the period. Finally, Wealth High Governance Capital Ltda acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Israel ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $6,018,000.

iShares MSCI Israel ETF Stock Up 0.1%

NYSEARCA:EIS opened at $137.69 on Friday. iShares MSCI Israel ETF has a fifty-two week low of $81.90 and a fifty-two week high of $138.85. The stock has a market cap of $1.03 billion, a PE ratio of 13.79 and a beta of 1.03. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $127.30 and its 200-day simple moving average is $119.21.

iShares MSCI Israel ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI Israel ETF (EIS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Israel Capped index, a market-cap-weighted index of Israeli firms. EIS was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.