WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (NYSEARCA:HEDJ) Short Interest Update

WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (NYSEARCA:HEDJ) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 24,879 shares, an increase of 96.7% from the July 30th total of 12,650 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 64,957 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Institutional Trading of WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund by 0.6% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,345,731 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,825,000 after purchasing an additional 8,063 shares during the period. Boothe Investment Group Inc. boosted its holdings in WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund by 1.9% in the first quarter. Boothe Investment Group Inc. now owns 446,382 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,346,000 after purchasing an additional 8,385 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada increased its holdings in WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 445,445 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,635,000 after purchasing an additional 7,580 shares during the last quarter. New England Private Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund by 2,000.0% in the 4th quarter. New England Private Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 441,204 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,151,000 after purchasing an additional 420,194 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in shares of WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund by 0.3% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 430,900 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,536,000 after buying an additional 1,236 shares in the last quarter.

WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund Trading Up 0.7%

NYSEARCA:HEDJ opened at $57.73 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $57.06 and its 200 day simple moving average is $55.59. WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund has a twelve month low of $49.02 and a twelve month high of $58.50. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.27 and a beta of 0.75.

About WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund

WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (the Fund), formerly WisdomTree International Hedged Equity Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Index. The WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Index provides exposure to European equities while at the same time neutralizing exposure to fluctuations between the Euro and the United States dollar. The Index hedges against fluctuations in the relative value of the Euro against the United States dollar.