iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) Short Interest Up 42.2% in March

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 175,800 shares, a growth of 42.2% from the February 28th total of 123,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 241,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 120,398 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,114,000 after buying an additional 3,111 shares during the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $54,000. OLD Mission Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,413,000. Bank of Nova Scotia raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 29.0% during the 4th quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 42,980 shares of the company’s stock worth $400,000 after purchasing an additional 9,650 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 3,209.3% in the 4th quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 1,169,789 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,821,000 after buying an additional 1,134,440 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Trading Down 1.6 %

Shares of NASDAQ:EWZS traded down $0.18 during trading on Friday, hitting $10.94. 612,047 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 296,725. The company has a market cap of $122.53 million, a PE ratio of 9.76 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $10.51 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $10.97. iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF has a 12-month low of $9.11 and a 12-month high of $14.65.

About iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index designed to measure the performance of equity securities in the bottom 14% by market capitalization of equity securities listed on stock exchanges in Brazil.