Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. Has $806,000 Stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ)

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. reduced its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 22.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 27,325 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 8,046 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF were worth $806,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of EWZ. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 65.3% during the second quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 2,527,458 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $69,075,000 after purchasing an additional 998,123 shares during the period. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 25.4% during the 2nd quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 665,170 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $18,179,000 after buying an additional 134,769 shares during the period. Rokos Capital Management LLP raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 33.1% during the 1st quarter. Rokos Capital Management LLP now owns 612,996 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $19,892,000 after buying an additional 152,417 shares during the period. DRW Securities LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 283.8% in the second quarter. DRW Securities LLC now owns 592,859 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $16,203,000 after buying an additional 438,376 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Susquehanna International Group Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 90.7% in the second quarter. Susquehanna International Group Ltd. now owns 410,946 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $11,231,000 after buying an additional 195,473 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Stock Down 0.4 %

Shares of NYSEARCA:EWZ opened at $27.28 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $4.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.65 and a beta of 0.93. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a 12 month low of $26.23 and a 12 month high of $35.74. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $28.63 and its 200 day simple moving average is $29.00.

About iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Index 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 Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index).