Short Interest in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Grows By 632.1%

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) saw a large increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,080,000 shares, an increase of 632.1% from the September 15th total of 284,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 495,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.2 days.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF stock opened at $78.97 on Friday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $73.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $71.81. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a one year low of $60.92 and a one year high of $82.25. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 0.68.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $8,422,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 33.1% in the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 50,696 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,435,000 after buying an additional 12,603 shares in the last quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. grew its position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 14.2% during the first quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 43,413 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,941,000 after acquiring an additional 5,390 shares during the last quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 2.2% in the 2nd quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. now owns 42,689 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,073,000 after acquiring an additional 938 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Acima Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Acima Private Wealth LLC now owns 39,732 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,645,000 after purchasing an additional 1,001 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index).