BNP Paribas Financial Markets Sells 756,199 Shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT)

BNP Paribas Financial Markets reduced its position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) by 99.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 4,634 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 756,199 shares during the quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets’ holdings in SPDR S&P Retail ETF were worth $360,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund grew its holdings in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 44.7% during the 2nd quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund now owns 9,544,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $715,609,000 after purchasing an additional 2,950,000 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Securities USA Inc. bought a new stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $97,474,000. Leuthold Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $2,232,000. Armistice Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $658,000. Finally, Private Advisory Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $400,000.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

Shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF stock opened at $83.27 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $703.63 million, a PE ratio of 12.74 and a beta of 1.20. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $79.15 and its 200 day moving average is $76.88. SPDR S&P Retail ETF has a 1 year low of $67.57 and a 1 year high of $84.84.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Company Profile

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the S&P Retail Select Industry Index (the Index). The Index is an equal weighted market cap index. The Index represents the retail sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Market Index. The Fund invests in industries, such as apparel retail, automotive retail, food retail, department stores, Internet retail, general merchandise stores, drug retail, and hypermarkets and super centers.