Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. Sells 10,391 Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ)

Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. reduced its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 28.4% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 26,228 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 10,391 shares during the quarter. Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $1,877,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Crewe Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $29,000. ORG Partners LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the second quarter worth about $40,000. Whittier Trust Co. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 71.1% in the second quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 751 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $51,000 after acquiring an additional 312 shares during the last quarter. Sachetta LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $62,000. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 665.0% in the 2nd quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 941 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $64,000 after purchasing an additional 818 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

EWJ stock traded down $0.61 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $67.81. 474,697 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,716,339. The company has a market capitalization of $16.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.63 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a 50-day moving average of $69.55 and a two-hundred day moving average of $69.07. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a twelve month low of $60.62 and a twelve month high of $73.24.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The 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 Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index).