iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 430,768 shares, a drop of 56.7% from the April 15th total of 995,859 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 524,457 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company’s shares are sold short.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF
Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AAXJ. iA Global Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 90.0% during the first quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 35,080 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,378,000 after buying an additional 16,617 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 81.6% in the 4th quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 2,827 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $263,000 after buying an additional 1,270 shares during the period. Pragma Gestao DE Patrimonio Ltd. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 10.2% during the 4th quarter. Pragma Gestao DE Patrimonio Ltd. now owns 665,400 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $61,962,000 after acquiring an additional 61,400 shares during the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 543.8% during the 4th quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 27,734 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,583,000 after acquiring an additional 23,426 shares during the last quarter. Finally, J.Safra Asset Management Corp lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 4.6% during the 4th quarter. J.Safra Asset Management Corp now owns 844,489 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $78,639,000 after acquiring an additional 37,240 shares during the period.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Stock Performance
Shares of AAXJ opened at $112.78 on Friday. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a fifty-two week low of $77.02 and a fifty-two week high of $117.99. The company has a market capitalization of $3.97 billion, a PE ratio of 15.30 and a beta of 0.70. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $103.79 and a two-hundred day moving average of $99.30.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Company Profile
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index). The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure equity market performance of the 12 countries, such as Australia, China, Honk Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
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