Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd Trims Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd lowered its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 10.3% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 410,680 shares of the company’s stock after selling 47,200 shares during the period. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd owned approximately 0.27% of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF worth $28,119,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of ACWX. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,636,472 shares of the company’s stock valued at $366,427,000 after buying an additional 284,654 shares in the last quarter. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the first quarter worth $376,668,000. Morgan Stanley grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 5,336,686 shares of the company’s stock valued at $358,252,000 after purchasing an additional 34,953 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 12,239.2% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,897,126 shares of the company’s stock valued at $194,484,000 after purchasing an additional 2,873,647 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS Group AG raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 2,761,518 shares of the company’s stock valued at $185,381,000 after purchasing an additional 79,121 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

Shares of ACWX opened at $75.08 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 52-week low of $59.67 and a 52-week high of $77.58. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $75.47 and its 200 day simple moving average is $72.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were issued a $0.8524 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

The iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA index. The fund tracks the performance of a market-cap-weighted index of international stocks. It captures 85% of the publicly available market, thus excluding small-caps. ACWX was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.