iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Shares Sold by Private Advisory Group LLC

Private Advisory Group LLC decreased its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 22.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 245,149 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 69,193 shares during the period. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF comprises approximately 1.6% of Private Advisory Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 15th biggest holding. Private Advisory Group LLC owned about 0.34% of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF worth $19,636,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sun Life Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 7.2% during the second quarter. Sun Life Financial Inc. now owns 1,660,773 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $119,210,000 after acquiring an additional 111,000 shares during the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1,753.0% during the 2nd quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,296,271 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $93,047,000 after purchasing an additional 1,226,315 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 13.3% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,208,253 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $96,781,000 after purchasing an additional 141,996 shares during the last quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group increased its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 31,122.4% during the 2nd quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 1,065,620 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $75,382,000 after purchasing an additional 1,062,207 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rafferty Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 11.0% in the 2nd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 985,291 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $70,724,000 after purchasing an additional 97,762 shares in the last quarter. 49.22% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Trading Up 4.9%

EWY stock opened at $141.88 on Monday. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a twelve month low of $48.49 and a twelve month high of $141.98. The company has a market capitalization of $13.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.22. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $112.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $94.26.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.