iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:IEUR) Short Interest Update

iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:IEUR) saw a large drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 313,505 shares, a drop of 38.1% from the May 14th total of 506,641 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 1,478,461 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Invested Advisors lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF by 190.0% during the 4th quarter. Invested Advisors now owns 11,341 shares of the company’s stock valued at $805,000 after purchasing an additional 7,430 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 574,382 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,770,000 after purchasing an additional 12,627 shares during the last quarter. Beacon Bridge Wealth Partners LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF by 40.2% during the 4th quarter. Beacon Bridge Wealth Partners LLC now owns 23,254 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,651,000 after purchasing an additional 6,663 shares during the last quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF by 17.9% during the 4th quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 534,944 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,970,000 after purchasing an additional 81,205 shares during the last quarter. Finally, World Investment Advisors lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF by 300.1% during the 4th quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 70,457 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,001,000 after purchasing an additional 52,847 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:IEUR traded up $0.38 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $75.59. 254,823 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,538,335. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $74.73 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $73.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.86 billion, a PE ratio of 16.78 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF has a 12 month low of $63.38 and a 12 month high of $76.97.

iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF (IEUR) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Europe IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed European securities. IEUR was launched on Jun 10, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.