Trust Co. of Vermont Invests $67,000 in VanEck Gold Miners ETF $GDX

Trust Co. of Vermont bought a new position in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 1,293 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $67,000.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. boosted its holdings in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 7,098.1% in the 1st quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 2,080,392 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $94,731,000 after buying an additional 2,051,490 shares during the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd lifted its stake in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 3,010.4% in the first quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 1,938,221 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $89,100,000 after acquiring an additional 1,875,906 shares during the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI lifted its stake in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 8,656.1% in the first quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 1,376,192 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $63,264,000 after acquiring an additional 1,360,475 shares during the last quarter. CSM Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $36,656,000. Finally, Banque Transatlantique SA acquired a new position in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF during the 1st quarter worth about $25,011,000.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Stock Performance

VanEck Gold Miners ETF stock opened at $77.10 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $63.63 and a 200 day simple moving average of $54.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.70 and a beta of 0.77. VanEck Gold Miners ETF has a 52 week low of $33.42 and a 52 week high of $78.32.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Company Profile

The Fund seeks to match as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the AMEX Gold Miners Index. The Fund, utilizing a passive or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of stocks that generally replicate the Index.