JPMorgan Chase & Co. Increases Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY

JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 13.3% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 1,208,253 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 141,996 shares during the quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF were worth $96,781,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of EWY. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC now owns 5,820 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $466,000 after acquiring an additional 138 shares in the last quarter. Guidance Capital Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. Guidance Capital Inc. now owns 6,221 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $498,000 after acquiring an additional 146 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 3.6% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 5,021 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $360,000 after purchasing an additional 176 shares during the last quarter. Boltwood Capital Management raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 5.3% in the third quarter. Boltwood Capital Management now owns 4,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $320,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Leavell Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1.9% during the third quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. now owns 14,736 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,180,000 after purchasing an additional 268 shares in the last quarter. 49.22% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Stock Performance

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF stock opened at $134.43 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a fifty-two week low of $48.49 and a fifty-two week high of $154.22. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $126.03 and its 200 day simple moving average is $101.82. The stock has a market cap of $13.22 billion, a PE ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.22.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.