Short Interest in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Rises By 29.8%

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,270,000 shares, a growth of 29.8% from the September 15th total of 978,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 851,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ACWX. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 39.5% during the first quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 967,408 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,650,000 after buying an additional 274,124 shares during the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2,733.7% during the 1st quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 917,469 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,984,000 after acquiring an additional 885,092 shares during the last quarter. Tlwm lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Tlwm now owns 815,103 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,640,000 after purchasing an additional 5,478 shares during the period. Calamos Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4.4% in the 2nd quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC now owns 791,752 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,066,000 after purchasing an additional 33,036 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 6,565.3% during the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 730,121 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,981,000 after purchasing an additional 719,167 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Up 0.6 %

Shares of ACWX opened at $56.71 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $55.16 and its 200-day simple moving average is $54.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.76 billion, a PE ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 12-month low of $44.89 and a 12-month high of $57.96.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

The iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA index. The fund tracks the performance of a market-cap-weighted index of international stocks. It captures 85% of the publicly available market, thus excluding small-caps. ACWX was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.