iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF $EWL Shares Acquired by Hsbc Holdings PLC

Hsbc Holdings PLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF (NYSEARCA:EWL) by 59.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 31,916 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 11,949 shares during the quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF were worth $1,914,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bayban bought a new position in iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $35,000. Advisory Services Network LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Harbour Investments Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF by 359.2% during the fourth quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 822 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $49,000 after purchasing an additional 643 shares during the last quarter. Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF during the fourth quarter worth $54,000. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc bought a new position in iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF during the third quarter worth $60,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 68.30% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF Stock Down 0.1%

EWL stock traded down $0.04 during trading on Friday, hitting $62.93. 152,796 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 645,475. iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF has a 52 week low of $51.83 and a 52 week high of $65.53. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $62.17 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $61.40. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.82 and a beta of 0.77.

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Switzerland 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Zurich Stock Exchange. The 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 Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.