iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) Shares Sold by Simplex Trading LLC

Simplex Trading LLC lowered its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 19.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 313,699 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 75,446 shares during the period. Simplex Trading LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF were worth $7,061,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in EWZ. Great Valley Advisor Group Inc. raised its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 7.9% during the 3rd quarter. Great Valley Advisor Group Inc. now owns 39,914 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,177,000 after purchasing an additional 2,921 shares during the period. FMR LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 174.5% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 947 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 602 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF during the third quarter valued at $206,000. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 606.2% in the 3rd quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 1,189,412 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $35,076,000 after acquiring an additional 1,020,993 shares in the last quarter. Finally, IHT Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 54.5% during the 3rd quarter. IHT Wealth Management LLC now owns 14,937 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $440,000 after acquiring an additional 5,269 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:EWZ opened at $26.19 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $3.35 billion, a PE ratio of 10.38 and a beta of 1.17. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a fifty-two week low of $22.26 and a fifty-two week high of $33.00. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $25.08 and its two-hundred day moving average is $26.23.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund, seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index).