iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Sees Significant Decrease in Short Interest

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) saw a large decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,480,000 shares, a decline of 29.9% from the October 15th total of 2,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 510,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Rathbones Group PLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 18,527 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,334,000 after buying an additional 239 shares during the last quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. now owns 42,689 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,073,000 after buying an additional 938 shares during the last quarter. Innealta Capital LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF during the second quarter worth about $56,000. iA Global Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 14.2% in the first quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 43,413 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,941,000 after acquiring an additional 5,390 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $8,422,000.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Stock Down 0.5 %

Shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF stock opened at $73.48 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $76.49 and a 200 day moving average price of $73.47. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a fifty-two week low of $61.30 and a fifty-two week high of $82.25. The firm has a market cap of $2.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 0.68.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index).