iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF (NYSEARCA:TOK) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Up 1,246.5% in September

iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF (NYSEARCA:TOK) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,376 shares, a growth of 1,246.5% from the August 31st total of 325 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 10,266 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF

A hedge fund recently raised its position in iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF stock. Citadel Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF (NYSEARCA:TOK) by 16.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 6,388 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 922 shares during the quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC owned about 0.39% of iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF worth $957,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:TOK opened at $154.48 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $153.57 and a 200-day simple moving average of $147.94. The stock has a market cap of $239.44 million, a P/E ratio of 22.74 and a beta of 0.96. iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF has a 1 year low of $129.49 and a 1 year high of $156.77.

About iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF

The iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF (TOK) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Kokusai (World ex Japan) index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of large- and mid-cap developed market stocks outside of Japan. TOK was launched on Dec 10, 2007 and is managed by BlackRock.