iShares MSCI Peru and Global Exposure ETF (NYSEARCA:EPU) Shares Up 0.3% – Should You Buy?

iShares MSCI Peru and Global Exposure ETF (NYSEARCA:EPU)’s share price rose 0.3% during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $86.16 and last traded at $85.04. Approximately 158,721 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 47% from the average daily volume of 107,686 shares. The stock had previously closed at $84.78.

iShares MSCI Peru and Global Exposure ETF Stock Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $352.92 million, a P/E ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.76. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $70.59 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $61.20.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Peru and Global Exposure ETF

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Innealta Capital LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI Peru and Global Exposure ETF in the third quarter worth $355,000. City of London Investment Management Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Peru and Global Exposure ETF by 47.1% during the 3rd quarter. City of London Investment Management Co. Ltd. now owns 20,600 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,267,000 after purchasing an additional 6,600 shares during the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Peru and Global Exposure ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $857,000. Finally, Fifth Third Securities Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Peru and Global Exposure ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $1,408,000.

About iShares MSCI Peru and Global Exposure ETF

The iShares MSCI Peru ETF (EPU) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI All Peru Capped index, a market-cap-weighted index of Peruvian firms. EPU was launched on Jun 19, 2009 and is managed by BlackRock.