7,685 Shares in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF $GDXJ Bought by First Heartland Consultants Inc.

First Heartland Consultants Inc. acquired a new position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm acquired 7,685 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $755,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of Nova Scotia bought a new stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $120,040,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 1,289.6% during the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 866,186 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $58,546,000 after buying an additional 803,854 shares in the last quarter. Nearwater Capital Markets Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 90.7% during the 4th quarter. Nearwater Capital Markets Ltd now owns 1,640,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $186,599,000 after acquiring an additional 780,000 shares during the last quarter. IMC Chicago LLC lifted its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 107.1% during the 1st quarter. IMC Chicago LLC now owns 47,750 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,732,000 after acquiring an additional 717,648 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund purchased a new position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the fourth quarter worth $56,890,000.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Stock Up 7.5%

GDXJ opened at $117.62 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $8.46 billion, a PE ratio of 24.09 and a beta of 0.85. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a 52 week low of $70.01 and a 52 week high of $157.49. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $101.73 and its 200 day simple moving average is $118.64.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Profile

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index (the Index). The Index provides exposure to a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the Company’s revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver.