iShares MSCI Ireland ETF (NYSEARCA:EIRL – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,393 shares, a decline of 41.2% from the August 15th total of 5,773 shares. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 3,117 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days.
Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Ireland ETF
Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Ireland ETF by 5.0% in the 1st quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 4,694 shares of the company’s stock valued at $323,000 after buying an additional 224 shares in the last quarter. Global Endowment Management LP bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Ireland ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,103,000. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Ireland ETF by 6.1% during the 2nd quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 61,176 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,810,000 after purchasing an additional 3,498 shares during the last quarter. Marotta Asset Management increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Ireland ETF by 2.9% during the 1st quarter. Marotta Asset Management now owns 162,963 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,300,000 after purchasing an additional 4,627 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Matthew Goff Investment Advisor LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Ireland ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $30,316,000.
iShares MSCI Ireland ETF Stock Performance
Shares of NYSEARCA EIRL traded down $0.89 during trading on Friday, hitting $82.28. The company had a trading volume of 3,647 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,287. iShares MSCI Ireland ETF has a 52 week low of $65.73 and a 52 week high of $85.56. The business’s 50-day moving average is $81.80 and its 200 day moving average is $76.52. The company has a market cap of $4.94 million, a P/E ratio of 12.65 and a beta of 0.95.
About iShares MSCI Ireland ETF
The iShares MSCI Ireland ETF (EIRL) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI All Ireland Capped index, a market-cap-weighted index of Irish firms. EIRL was launched on May 5, 2010 and is managed by BlackRock.
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