Vontobel Holding Ltd. Lowers Position in iShares MSCI Germany ETF (NYSEARCA:EWG)

Vontobel Holding Ltd. cut its stake in iShares MSCI Germany ETF (NYSEARCA:EWG) by 5.2% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 149,102 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 8,168 shares during the quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Germany ETF were worth $4,427,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. BlackRock Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Germany ETF by 13.8% during the third quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 8,702,041 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $171,778,000 after acquiring an additional 1,052,112 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Germany ETF by 304.9% during the fourth quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 5,444,426 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $134,641,000 after acquiring an additional 4,099,796 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Germany ETF by 143.1% during the third quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,478,496 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $91,137,000 after acquiring an additional 2,047,573 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Germany ETF by 46,261.3% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,463,191 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $90,736,000 after purchasing an additional 3,455,721 shares during the period. Finally, Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI Germany ETF by 0.9% in the second quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 1,424,335 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,693,000 after buying an additional 12,666 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Germany ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:EWG opened at $30.15 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $30.70 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $28.86. iShares MSCI Germany ETF has a 1 year low of $24.70 and a 1 year high of $31.97. The company has a market capitalization of $1.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.82 and a beta of 1.07.

About iShares MSCI Germany ETF

iShares MSCI Germany ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The 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 German market, as measured by the MSCI Germany Index (the Index).