Vontobel Holding Ltd. Buys New Shares in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF $EWU

Vontobel Holding Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU – Free Report) in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm bought 270,485 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,586,000.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Royal Bank of Canada grew its position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 117.2% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 4,707,428 shares of the company’s stock worth $214,472,000 after buying an additional 2,539,863 shares during the last quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 12.3% in the first quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,439,415 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,580,000 after buying an additional 157,908 shares in the last quarter. Lido Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 157.2% during the 1st quarter. Lido Advisors LLC now owns 661,451 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,136,000 after acquiring an additional 404,254 shares during the last quarter. Rathbones Group PLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 13.7% during the 1st quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 398,087 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,137,000 after acquiring an additional 48,083 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Syon Capital LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 6.3% during the 2nd quarter. Syon Capital LLC now owns 174,814 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,066,000 after acquiring an additional 10,334 shares during the last quarter. 58.38% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Stock Up 0.5%

EWU opened at $48.01 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $3.79 billion, a PE ratio of 15.42 and a beta of 0.59. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $47.73 and a 200-day simple moving average of $47.15. iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF has a fifty-two week low of $41.33 and a fifty-two week high of $49.39.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Profile

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The iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI United Kingdom index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of British companies. It covers the top 85% of British companies by market cap. EWU was launched on Mar 12, 1996 and is managed by BlackRock.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU)

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