WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (NYSEARCA:DXJ) Short Interest Update

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (NYSEARCA:DXJ) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 659,620 shares, a drop of 54.4% from the April 30th total of 1,446,706 shares. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 311,028 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days.

Institutional Trading of WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Diversify Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund by 1.3% during the third quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 20,731 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,811,000 after buying an additional 262 shares during the period. Rice Partnership LLC increased its holdings in WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund by 8.8% during the third quarter. Rice Partnership LLC now owns 107,246 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $13,731,000 after buying an additional 8,692 shares during the period. Insight Advisors LLC PA increased its holdings in WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund by 0.4% during the third quarter. Insight Advisors LLC PA now owns 34,307 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,392,000 after buying an additional 141 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its holdings in WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund by 33.5% during the third quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 18,046 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,310,000 after buying an additional 4,525 shares during the period. Finally, Cibc World Market Inc. purchased a new position in WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund during the third quarter valued at approximately $289,000.

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of DXJ stock traded up $1.93 on Tuesday, reaching $171.20. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 364,631 shares, compared to its average volume of 510,155. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $164.37 and its 200-day simple moving average is $155.90. WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund has a 1 year low of $111.49 and a 1 year high of $172.29. The company has a market capitalization of $6.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.88 and a beta of 0.38.

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund Company Profile

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (the Fund) seeks investment results that closely correspond to the price and yield performance of the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Index (the Index). The Index is designed to provide exposure to Japanese equity markets while at the same time neutralizing exposure to fluctuations of the Japanese Yen movements relative to the United States dollar. In this sense, the Index hedges against fluctuations in the relative value of the yen against the United States dollar.