Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co. Boosts Position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ

Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 94.6% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 18,569 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,028 shares during the quarter. Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $1,568,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EWJ. Focus Partners Wealth grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 39.0% during the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 10,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $701,000 after acquiring an additional 2,869 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 229.1% in the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 38,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,886,000 after purchasing an additional 26,800 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd grew its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% in the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $29,199,000 after purchasing an additional 388,318 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 6.1% in the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 546,723 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,988,000 after purchasing an additional 31,344 shares during the period. Finally, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 46.3% in the second quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 284,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $21,318,000 after purchasing an additional 89,999 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF stock opened at $93.14 on Friday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 12 month low of $71.51 and a 12 month high of $97.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $91.89 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $88.05.

About iShares MSCI Japan ETF

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.