iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Short Interest Up 24.0% in November

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) saw a large growth in short interest in November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,600,000 shares, a growth of 24.0% from the November 15th total of 1,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 581,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Innealta Capital LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $56,000. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 2.2% in the 2nd quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. now owns 42,689 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,073,000 after buying an additional 938 shares during the last quarter. Rathbones Group PLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 1.3% in the second quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 18,527 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,334,000 after acquiring an additional 239 shares during the last quarter. Finally, iA Global Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 15.4% during the third quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 49,746 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,903,000 after buying an additional 6,640 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF stock opened at $75.37 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a 12-month low of $61.30 and a 12-month high of $82.25. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $76.22 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $73.96.

About iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index).