iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Holdings Raised by Parallel Advisors LLC

Parallel Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 49.6% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 20,720 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,870 shares during the quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $1,750,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of EWJ. Focus Partners Wealth increased its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 39.0% during the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 10,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $701,000 after buying an additional 2,869 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 229.1% in the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 38,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,886,000 after acquiring an additional 26,800 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% in the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $29,199,000 after acquiring an additional 388,318 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 6.1% in the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 546,723 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $40,988,000 after acquiring an additional 31,344 shares in the last quarter. Finally, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 46.3% during the second quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 284,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $21,318,000 after acquiring an additional 89,999 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:EWJ opened at $96.90 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $22.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 12 month low of $77.38 and a 12 month high of $97.52. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $93.04 and its 200 day moving average price is $89.93.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Company 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). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.