Short Interest in Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (NYSEARCA:ASHR) Declines By 36.3%

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (NYSEARCA:ASHR) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 9,761,153 shares, a drop of 36.3% from the July 15th total of 15,314,891 shares. Approximately 21.4% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 3,942,367 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days.

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF Trading Down 1.9%

Shares of ASHR stock traded down $0.65 on Wednesday, hitting $34.26. The stock had a trading volume of 2,648,249 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,436,336. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $35.17 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $34.55. Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF has a twelve month low of $30.10 and a twelve month high of $37.33. The firm has a market cap of $1.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.62 and a beta of 0.33.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of ASHR. DRW Securities LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $9,667,000. Delphi Financial Group Inc. boosted its position in Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF by 33.2% during the 4th quarter. Delphi Financial Group Inc. now owns 590,280 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $19,391,000 after buying an additional 147,220 shares during the period. Sun Life Financial Inc. grew its holdings in Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF by 66.9% during the 4th quarter. Sun Life Financial Inc. now owns 330,900 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $10,870,000 after acquiring an additional 132,600 shares during the last quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd increased its position in Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF by 367.5% in the 4th quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd now owns 56,694 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,863,000 after acquiring an additional 44,566 shares during the period. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF by 4,802.9% during the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 28,486 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $936,000 after acquiring an additional 27,905 shares during the last quarter.

About Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

The Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (ASHR) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the China Shenzhen SE \u002F CSI 300 index. The fund tracks an index of the 300 largest and most liquid Chinese shares traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. The fund holds physical China A-shares. ASHR was launched on Nov 6, 2013 and is managed by Xtrackers.