Short Interest in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA:HAWX) Expands By 65.9%

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA:HAWXGet Free Report) was the target of a large increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 19,601 shares, an increase of 65.9% from the August 15th total of 11,814 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 15,563 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

Shares of HAWX stock opened at $45.13 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $45.61 and its 200 day simple moving average is $44.33. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a twelve month low of $37.28 and a twelve month high of $47.43. The company has a market capitalization of $324.94 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.74 and a beta of 0.52.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Company Profile

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The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (HAWX) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of global large- and mid-cap stocks outside the US, hedged against movements in the underlying currencies for US investors. HAWX was launched on Jun 29, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.

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