iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (NYSEARCA:EEM)

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:EEM) was the target of unusually large options trading on Monday. Stock investors bought 7,162,662 call options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 4,065% compared to the typical daily volume of 171,974 call options.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of NYSEARCA:EEM traded down $0.16 during trading on Monday, hitting $54.08. 28,969,241 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 26,077,855. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF has a fifty-two week low of $38.19 and a fifty-two week high of $56.31. The stock has a market cap of $20.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.46 and a beta of 0.64. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $54.49 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $51.27.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 118,587 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,959,000 after purchasing an additional 1,940 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $1,814,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 6.8% during the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 1,717,921 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $75,073,000 after buying an additional 109,987 shares in the last quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC grew its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 1,595.1% during the first quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 19,816 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $862,000 after buying an additional 18,647 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LWM Advisors Inc. increased its stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 1.2% during the 1st quarter. LWM Advisors Inc. now owns 108,099 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,855,000 after acquiring an additional 1,274 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 81.39% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (the Fund), seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities in global emerging markets, as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (the Index).