iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Sees Significant Decline in Short Interest

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) saw a large drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,430,000 shares, a drop of 12.8% from the December 31st total of 1,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 525,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Stock Up 1.6 %

AAXJ stock opened at $73.38 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $73.12 and a 200 day moving average of $73.97. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.51 billion, a PE ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a 52 week low of $62.92 and a 52 week high of $82.25.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were paid a $1.0738 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Congress Asset Management Co. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,557,000. Spinnaker Trust boosted its stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. Spinnaker Trust now owns 51,625 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,726,000 after purchasing an additional 579 shares in the last quarter. Finley Financial LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $466,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 25.3% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,982,841 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $312,454,000 after buying an additional 804,213 shares during the last quarter. Finally, iA Global Asset Management Inc. raised its position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 15.4% during the 3rd quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 49,746 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,903,000 after buying an additional 6,640 shares during the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

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).