Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NYSEARCA:XLV)

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLV) saw unusually large options trading on Wednesday. Traders bought 61,906 call options on the company. This is an increase of 403% compared to the typical daily volume of 12,306 call options.

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Trading Up 0.6%

NYSEARCA XLV opened at $146.71 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $147.54 and its 200 day moving average is $151.92. Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund has a 12 month low of $127.35 and a 12 month high of $160.59. The stock has a market cap of $38.45 billion, a PE ratio of 21.15 and a beta of 0.58.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in XLV. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC raised its stake in Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund by 353.4% in the third quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 12,655 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,761,000 after buying an additional 9,864 shares during the last quarter. MBA Advisors LLC raised its stake in Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund by 2.0% in the third quarter. MBA Advisors LLC now owns 16,166 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,250,000 after buying an additional 316 shares during the last quarter. Montis Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund in the third quarter valued at about $847,000. Nwam LLC raised its stake in Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund by 31.1% in the third quarter. Nwam LLC now owns 18,283 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,669,000 after buying an additional 4,339 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Gratus Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund by 5.4% in the third quarter. Gratus Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 85,317 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $11,874,000 after purchasing an additional 4,395 shares during the period.

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Company Profile

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (the Fund) seeks to closely match the returns and characteristics of the S&P Health Care Select Sector Index (the Index). The companies included in the Index are selected on the basis of general industry classification from a universe of companies defined by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Index (S&P 500). The Health Care Select Sector Index includes companies from the industries, such as pharmaceuticals, healthcare providers and services, healthcare equipment and supplies, biotechnology, life sciences tools and services, and healthcare technology.