HighTower Advisors LLC Reduces Stock Position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT)

HighTower Advisors LLC trimmed its position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) by 8.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 11,778 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,038 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in SPDR S&P Retail ETF were worth $915,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. International Assets Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in SPDR S&P Retail ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $52,000. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 36.3% in the 2nd quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 759 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $57,000 after buying an additional 202 shares during the period. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF in the second quarter worth about $72,000. FMR LLC grew its holdings in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 13.3% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,829 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $142,000 after acquiring an additional 214 shares during the period. Finally, DRW Securities LLC purchased a new position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $263,000.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Trading Down 0.9 %

Shares of NYSEARCA:XRT opened at $82.83 on Wednesday. SPDR S&P Retail ETF has a 12-month low of $67.57 and a 12-month high of $84.84. The business has a 50 day moving average of $79.32 and a two-hundred day moving average of $76.95. The company has a market capitalization of $699.91 million, a PE ratio of 12.74 and a beta of 1.20.

About SPDR S&P Retail ETF

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.