Short Interest in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Grows By 24.0%

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) was the target of a large increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,600,000 shares, an increase of 24.0% from the November 15th total of 1,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 581,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AAXJ. Rathbones Group PLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 1.3% in the second quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 18,527 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,334,000 after purchasing an additional 239 shares during the period. Innealta Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $56,000. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 2.2% during the second quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. now owns 42,689 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,073,000 after purchasing an additional 938 shares during the last quarter. Finally, iA Global Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 15.4% in the third quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 49,746 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,903,000 after buying an additional 6,640 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ:AAXJ opened at $75.37 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $76.22 and a 200 day moving average price of $73.96. The company has a market capitalization of $2.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a 12-month low of $61.30 and a 12-month high of $82.25.

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).