iShares MSCI Austria ETF (NYSEARCA:EWO) Short Interest Down 83.0% in July

iShares MSCI Austria ETF (NYSEARCA:EWO) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 28,296 shares, a decline of 83.0% from the July 15th total of 166,748 shares. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 84,318 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

iShares MSCI Austria ETF Stock Performance

iShares MSCI Austria ETF stock traded down $0.01 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $44.03. 37,645 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 51,699. iShares MSCI Austria ETF has a twelve month low of $30.22 and a twelve month high of $44.50. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $42.32 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $39.50. The firm has a market cap of $184.93 million, a PE ratio of 11.04 and a beta of 0.80.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Austria ETF

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of EWO. Monument Capital Management increased its stake in iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. Monument Capital Management now owns 123,819 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,392,000 after buying an additional 5,227 shares during the period. Zacks Investment Management lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 17.8% in the 4th quarter. Zacks Investment Management now owns 53,146 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,885,000 after acquiring an additional 8,043 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $1,846,000. Mariner LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 17.4% in the third quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 44,028 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,364,000 after acquiring an additional 6,516 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 90.9% in the second quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 40,407 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,188,000 after acquiring an additional 19,240 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI Austria ETF

iShares MSCI Austria Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Austria IMI 25/50 Index (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index consists of stocks traded on the Vienna Stock Exchange. The Underlying Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no single issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Underlying Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Underlying Index weight.