iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NASDAQ:EMB)

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) was the recipient of unusually large options trading on Tuesday. Traders purchased 8,800 put options on the company. This represents an increase of 214% compared to the typical volume of 2,807 put options.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of EMB. Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC raised its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 1.1% during the 1st quarter. Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC now owns 13,402 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,202,000 after purchasing an additional 147 shares during the last quarter. Tsfg LLC raised its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 5,737.1% during the 1st quarter. Tsfg LLC now owns 6,129 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $550,000 after purchasing an additional 6,024 shares during the last quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $52,000. Vicus Capital raised its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 39.6% in the 1st quarter. Vicus Capital now owns 14,454 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,296,000 after acquiring an additional 4,101 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fifth Third Securities Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 31.5% in the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Securities Inc. now owns 29,036 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,604,000 after acquiring an additional 6,960 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ EMB opened at $90.89 on Thursday. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $80.54 and a 1-year high of $93.97. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $92.43 and a 200-day moving average of $90.22.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given a dividend of $0.3682 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 3rd.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries.