Optiver Holding B.V. Has $4.99 Million Stock Position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY

Optiver Holding B.V. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 18,115.2% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 62,296 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 61,954 shares during the quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. owned approximately 0.09% of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF worth $4,990,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. CWM LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 328.8% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 596 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 457 shares during the last quarter. FLP Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the third quarter valued at $103,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 200.0% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,650 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $132,000 after buying an additional 1,100 shares during the period. Friedenthal Financial bought a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF during the third quarter valued at $149,000. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 16.6% during the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,985 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $159,000 after acquiring an additional 283 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Trading Up 3.8%

Shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF stock opened at $144.55 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $114.36 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $95.22. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 1-year low of $48.49 and a 1-year high of $145.62. The company has a market cap of $14.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.22.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF 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.