iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Reaches New 1-Year High – Here’s What Happened

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) hit a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $103.05 and last traded at $102.7910, with a volume of 300220 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $102.38.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Trading Up 0.3%

The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $96.12 and its 200-day simple moving average is $92.24. The company has a market capitalization of $3.70 billion, a PE ratio of 15.30 and a beta of 0.60.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 16th were given a dividend of $1.1246 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 16th. This represents a yield of 250.0%.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. J.Safra Asset Management Corp grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter. J.Safra Asset Management Corp now owns 807,249 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $73,637,000 after purchasing an additional 26,339 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF during the second quarter worth $502,000. Pragma Gestao DE Patrimonio Ltd. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 232.9% in the second quarter. Pragma Gestao DE Patrimonio Ltd. now owns 799,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $66,013,000 after buying an additional 559,000 shares in the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 13.7% in the second quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 1,399,830 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $115,654,000 after acquiring an additional 168,810 shares during the period. Finally, Climber Capital SA purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $2,746,000.

About iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index). The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure equity market performance of the 12 countries, such as Australia, China, Honk Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.