Aptus Capital Advisors LLC Raises Holdings in SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD)

Aptus Capital Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) by 1.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 14,078 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 213 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in SPDR Gold Shares were worth $3,422,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. International Assets Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 21,571.1% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 3,024,639 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $735,169,000 after acquiring an additional 3,010,682 shares during the last quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank lifted its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 23.6% in the 1st quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 5,649,510 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,162,217,000 after acquiring an additional 1,079,452 shares during the last quarter. Arizona PSPRS Trust bought a new position in shares of SPDR Gold Shares in the 2nd quarter valued at about $157,187,000. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 461.0% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 702,415 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $144,501,000 after acquiring an additional 577,210 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 9,654.6% in the 2nd quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 550,450 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,184,000 after acquiring an additional 544,807 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.19% of the company’s stock.

SPDR Gold Shares Stock Down 1.0 %

Shares of NYSEARCA:GLD opened at $237.64 on Thursday. SPDR Gold Shares has a 12 month low of $181.31 and a 12 month high of $257.71. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $244.59 and a 200 day moving average price of $229.15.

About SPDR Gold Shares

SPDR Gold Trust (the Trust) is an investment trust. The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trust’s expenses. The Trust’s business activity is the investment of gold. The Trust creates and redeems Shares from time to time, but in one or more Baskets (a Basket equals a block of 100,000 Shares).