Investors Purchase Large Volume of iShares MSCI Canada ETF Put Options (NYSEARCA:EWC)

iShares MSCI Canada ETF (NYSEARCA:EWC) saw unusually large options trading activity on Monday. Stock traders acquired 28,446 put options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 149% compared to the average volume of 11,429 put options.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Canada ETF

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 0.4% in the third quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 1,889,003 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $78,431,000 after acquiring an additional 7,278 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its position in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 349.6% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,739,900 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $72,241,000 after purchasing an additional 1,352,933 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,580,602 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $65,627,000 after buying an additional 10,537 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 1,214,454 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $50,339,000 after buying an additional 51,131 shares during the period. Finally, Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 10.5% in the 4th quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 504,817 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $20,344,000 after buying an additional 47,912 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Price Performance

Shares of EWC opened at $41.32 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $41.22 and its 200-day moving average price is $40.75. iShares MSCI Canada ETF has a 1-year low of $35.05 and a 1-year high of $43.33. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.95 billion, a PE ratio of 14.59 and a beta of 0.90.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Canada ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). 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 Canadian market, as measured by the MSCI Canada Index (the Index).