ABC Arbitrage SA Takes $4.41 Million Position in iShares MSCI France ETF (NYSEARCA:EWQ)

ABC Arbitrage SA bought a new stake in iShares MSCI France ETF (NYSEARCA:EWQ) in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund bought 122,965 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $4,412,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Pictet North America Advisors SA boosted its stake in iShares MSCI France ETF by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Pictet North America Advisors SA now owns 185,431 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,491,000 after acquiring an additional 1,051 shares during the last quarter. Zacks Investment Management boosted its stake in iShares MSCI France ETF by 3.0% during the 3rd quarter. Zacks Investment Management now owns 56,830 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,296,000 after acquiring an additional 1,659 shares during the last quarter. Mount Lucas Management LP boosted its stake in iShares MSCI France ETF by 9.9% during the 3rd quarter. Mount Lucas Management LP now owns 19,041 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $769,000 after acquiring an additional 1,712 shares during the last quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. boosted its stake in iShares MSCI France ETF by 4.0% during the 4th quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 54,575 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,958,000 after acquiring an additional 2,092 shares during the last quarter. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF by 3.5% during the third quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 76,986 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,110,000 after purchasing an additional 2,575 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI France ETF Stock Up 1.0 %

EWQ stock opened at $40.29 on Friday. iShares MSCI France ETF has a fifty-two week low of $35.22 and a fifty-two week high of $42.60. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $37.18 and its 200 day simple moving average is $37.94. The stock has a market cap of $628.52 million, a PE ratio of 17.50 and a beta of 0.85.

iShares MSCI France ETF Profile

iShares MSCI France ETF, formerly iShares MSCI France 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 French market, as measured by the MSCI France Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the French equity market.