Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC Has $5.63 Million Holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF $GDX

Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC decreased its position in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) by 11.3% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 108,106 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 13,760 shares during the quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC’s holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF were worth $5,628,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 766.7% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,977,932 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $207,091,000 after buying an additional 4,574,598 shares during the period. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. lifted its holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 7,098.1% in the first quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 2,080,392 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $94,731,000 after buying an additional 2,051,490 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI boosted its position in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 8,656.1% during the first quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 1,376,192 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $63,264,000 after acquiring an additional 1,360,475 shares during the last quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas grew its holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 99.1% during the 2nd quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 1,306,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $67,990,000 after acquiring an additional 650,000 shares during the period. Finally, New Harbor Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 51.9% during the 1st quarter. New Harbor Financial Group LLC now owns 1,155,787 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $53,132,000 after acquiring an additional 394,744 shares during the period.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Trading Up 4.8%

GDX stock opened at $81.55 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $24.49 billion, a PE ratio of 21.70 and a beta of 0.55. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $75.22 and a 200-day moving average price of $62.26. VanEck Gold Miners ETF has a 1-year low of $33.42 and a 1-year high of $85.08.

About VanEck Gold Miners ETF

The Fund seeks to match as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the AMEX Gold Miners Index. The Fund, utilizing a passive or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of stocks that generally replicate the Index.