iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (NASDAQ:ESGE) Sets New 12-Month High – Here’s What Happened

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (NASDAQ:ESGE)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $54.53 and last traded at $54.44, with a volume of 142371 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $52.52.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Trading Up 3.9%

The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $49.24 and a 200-day simple moving average of $47.19. The company has a market capitalization of $7.12 billion, a PE ratio of 14.52 and a beta of 0.73.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ESGE. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 29,494.2% in the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 71,618 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,805,000 after buying an additional 71,376 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 9.1% in the 2nd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 36,972 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,448,000 after buying an additional 3,086 shares in the last quarter. Blue Edge Capital LLC grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 12.5% in the 2nd quarter. Blue Edge Capital LLC now owns 51,158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,004,000 after buying an additional 5,677 shares in the last quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $208,000. Finally, GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 29.1% in the 3rd quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC now owns 9,661 shares of the company’s stock valued at $420,000 after buying an additional 2,178 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (ESGE) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EM Extended ESG Focus index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap companies from emerging market economies. Stocks are selected and weighted for positive environmental, social, and governance characteristics while maintaining similar investment risk\u002Freturn of the market. ESGE was launched on Jun 28, 2016 and is managed by BlackRock.