iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ Shares Acquired by Sigma Planning Corp

Sigma Planning Corp boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 29.3% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 22,209 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,035 shares during the period. Sigma Planning Corp’s holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF were worth $641,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. WealthShield Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $37,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 819.7% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,683 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $44,000 after buying an additional 1,500 shares during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 60.0% in the second quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,760 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $51,000 after acquiring an additional 660 shares in the last quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 92.0% in the second quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 1,784 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $51,000 after acquiring an additional 855 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Blair William & Co. IL boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 58.8% during the 1st quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 2,700 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $70,000 after acquiring an additional 1,000 shares during the last quarter. 72.69% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Price Performance

Shares of EWZ stock opened at $32.30 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $30.34 and a two-hundred day moving average of $28.63. The firm has a market cap of $6.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.87. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a 1-year low of $22.26 and a 1-year high of $32.36.

About iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Index 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 Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index).