Investors Purchase Large Volume of Call Options on SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT)

Posted by ABMN Staff on Nov 27th, 2024

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT – Get Free Report) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Monday. Stock investors acquired 31,108 call options on the company. This represents an increase of 88% compared to the average daily volume of 16,545 call options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SPDR S&P Retail ETF

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in XRT. International Assets Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF in the second quarter valued at $52,000. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 36.3% in the second quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 759 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $57,000 after purchasing an additional 202 shares in the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in SPDR S&P Retail ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $72,000. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 13.3% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,829 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $142,000 after purchasing an additional 214 shares in the last quarter. Finally, DRW Securities LLC bought a new position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $263,000.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Stock Down 1.5 %

Shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF stock opened at $82.74 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $77.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $76.13. The stock has a market cap of $699.15 million, a PE ratio of 12.74 and a beta of 1.20. SPDR S&P Retail ETF has a 12 month low of $63.01 and a 12 month high of $84.84.

About SPDR S&P Retail ETF

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SPDR S&P Retail ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the S&P Retail Select Industry Index (the Index). The Index is an equal weighted market cap index. The Index represents the retail sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Market Index. The Fund invests in industries, such as apparel retail, automotive retail, food retail, department stores, Internet retail, general merchandise stores, drug retail, and hypermarkets and super centers.