iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) Stake Trimmed by Banque Pictet & Cie SA

Banque Pictet & Cie SA lowered its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 5.0% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 39,986 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 2,100 shares during the quarter. Banque Pictet & Cie SA’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $2,683,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Sharp Financial Services LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. Sharp Financial Services LLC now owns 3,390 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $227,000 after buying an additional 156 shares during the last quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 66.7% during the fourth quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 445 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 178 shares during the last quarter. City Holding Co. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 25.0% during the fourth quarter. City Holding Co. now owns 1,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $67,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Camelot Technology Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Camelot Technology Advisors Inc. now owns 13,682 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $918,000 after buying an additional 207 shares during the last quarter. Finally, WestEnd Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 8.6% in the fourth quarter. WestEnd Advisors LLC now owns 2,636 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $177,000 after purchasing an additional 209 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of NYSEARCA EWJ opened at $69.37 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $67.72 and a 200 day simple moving average of $68.78. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.63 and a beta of 0.73. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a one year low of $60.62 and a one year high of $73.24.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index 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 Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index).