iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) Sets New 12-Month High at $72.89

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) shares hit a new 52-week high on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $72.89 and last traded at $72.89, with a volume of 6447 shares. The stock had previously closed at $70.95.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Down 2.6 %

The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $69.37 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $69.10. The company has a market cap of $17.39 billion, a PE ratio of 13.63 and a beta of 0.73.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares MSCI Japan ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 17.4% during the 2nd quarter. Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc now owns 1,048 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $72,000 after buying an additional 155 shares in the last quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 0.6% during the second quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 25,739 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,756,000 after acquiring an additional 160 shares during the last quarter. Verger Capital Management LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 0.5% during the second quarter. Verger Capital Management LLC now owns 38,939 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,657,000 after buying an additional 197 shares in the last quarter. Redmont Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 3.7% during the 1st quarter. Redmont Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 6,287 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $449,000 after acquiring an additional 225 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cherry Tree Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 164.6% in the first quarter. Cherry Tree Wealth Management LLC now owns 381 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 237 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI Japan ETF

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index).