SG Americas Securities LLC Grows Holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF $GDXJ

SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 280.7% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 20,578 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,173 shares during the quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF were worth $2,470,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GDXJ. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 124.9% during the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 3,870,489 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $383,294,000 after purchasing an additional 2,149,559 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 1,289.6% in the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 866,186 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $58,546,000 after purchasing an additional 803,854 shares during the period. Nearwater Capital Markets Ltd boosted its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 90.7% in the fourth quarter. Nearwater Capital Markets Ltd now owns 1,640,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $186,599,000 after purchasing an additional 780,000 shares during the period. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund acquired a new position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $56,890,000. Finally, Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC acquired a new position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $55,297,000.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of GDXJ opened at $98.05 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $7.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.09 and a beta of 0.84. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a fifty-two week low of $63.90 and a fifty-two week high of $157.49. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $112.33 and its 200 day moving average price is $122.35.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Profile

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index (the Index). The Index provides exposure to a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the Company’s revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver.