Simplex Trading LLC Lowers Holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ)

Simplex Trading LLC reduced its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 12.4% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 45,393 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 6,439 shares during the period. Simplex Trading LLC’s holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF were worth $1,940,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 30.9% in the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 32,370 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,580,000 after purchasing an additional 7,650 shares in the last quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. purchased a new position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the third quarter valued at $383,000. FMR LLC increased its position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 101.3% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,254 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $61,000 after purchasing an additional 631 shares during the last quarter. Fiduciary Trust Co increased its position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 12.9% in the third quarter. Fiduciary Trust Co now owns 15,065 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $735,000 after purchasing an additional 1,716 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Public Sector Pension Investment Board purchased a new stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF during the third quarter valued at $21,964,000.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Stock Up 3.1 %

GDXJ stock opened at $57.46 on Friday. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a 52 week low of $38.01 and a 52 week high of $57.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.93 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $51.16 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $49.03.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Company Profile

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index (the Index). The Index provides exposure to a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the Company’s revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver.