Hsbc Holdings PLC Purchases 44,980 Shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF $EWC

Hsbc Holdings PLC grew its position in iShares MSCI Canada ETF (NYSEARCA:EWC) by 26.1% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 217,302 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 44,980 shares during the period. Hsbc Holdings PLC owned approximately 0.24% of iShares MSCI Canada ETF worth $11,906,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in EWC. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1,675.5% during the fourth quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 3,178,045 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $171,392,000 after acquiring an additional 2,999,053 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 22.8% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,769,516 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $81,752,000 after acquiring an additional 328,742 shares during the period. Korea Investment CORP increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Korea Investment CORP now owns 1,757,957 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,807,000 after acquiring an additional 94,857 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 2.8% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,708,400 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $92,134,000 after purchasing an additional 46,088 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1.4% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,534,679 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $62,538,000 after purchasing an additional 21,113 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:EWC opened at $59.28 on Thursday. iShares MSCI Canada ETF has a fifty-two week low of $45.66 and a fifty-two week high of $59.69. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.06 billion, a PE ratio of 19.77 and a beta of 0.86. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $58.35 and its 200-day simple moving average is $56.92.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Canada ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). 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 Canadian market, as measured by the MSCI Canada Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Canadian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.