iShares International Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IGOV) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume – Here’s What Happened

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IGOV) saw unusually-strong trading volume on Friday . Approximately 310,075 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 36% from the previous session’s volume of 227,252 shares.The stock last traded at $41.5450 and had previously closed at $41.57.

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1%

The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $41.95 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $42.28.

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed an annual dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 19th were given a dividend of $0.587 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 19th. This is an increase from iShares International Treasury Bond ETF’s previous annual dividend of $0.23. This represents a yield of 142.0%.

Institutional Trading of iShares International Treasury Bond ETF

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in iShares International Treasury Bond ETF by 16,296.4% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 5,648,399 shares of the company’s stock worth $243,446,000 after purchasing an additional 5,613,950 shares in the last quarter. MinichMacGregor Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares International Treasury Bond ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $17,467,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares International Treasury Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $12,763,000. Creative Planning increased its holdings in iShares International Treasury Bond ETF by 30.2% in the 2nd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 1,105,025 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,627,000 after acquiring an additional 256,315 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in iShares International Treasury Bond ETF by 431.0% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 273,417 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,784,000 after acquiring an additional 221,929 shares during the period.

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF, formerly iShares S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance, of the S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond Index Ex US (the Index). The Index is a market value-weighted index designed to measure the performance of bonds denominated in local currencies and issued by foreign governments in developed market countries outside the United States.