Stock Traders Buy Large Volume of Call Options on Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (NYSEARCA:ASHR)

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (NYSEARCA:ASHR) was the target of some unusual options trading on Friday. Investors acquired 50,591 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 101% compared to the typical volume of 25,217 call options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Mondrian Investment Partners LTD lifted its holdings in Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF by 29.6% during the fourth quarter. Mondrian Investment Partners LTD now owns 12,383 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $407,000 after purchasing an additional 2,825 shares during the last quarter. Barometer Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF in the first quarter worth about $454,000. Quantitative Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $612,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF by 4,802.9% in the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 28,486 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $936,000 after purchasing an additional 27,905 shares during the period. Finally, ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd raised its position in shares of Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF by 367.5% in the fourth quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd now owns 56,694 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,863,000 after purchasing an additional 44,566 shares during the period.

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:ASHR opened at $34.20 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.62 and a beta of 0.32. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $35.38 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $34.46. Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF has a 1 year low of $28.20 and a 1 year high of $37.33.

About Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

The Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (ASHR) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the China Shenzhen SE \u002F CSI 300 index. The fund tracks an index of the 300 largest and most liquid Chinese shares traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. The fund holds physical China A-shares. ASHR was launched on Nov 6, 2013 and is managed by Xtrackers.