Stock Traders Buy Large Volume of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF Call Options (NYSEARCA:FEZ)

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (NYSEARCA:FEZ) saw some unusual options trading activity on Wednesday. Stock investors purchased 12,788 call options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 35% compared to the typical volume of 9,461 call options.

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF Trading Down 1.9 %

NYSEARCA FEZ opened at $55.32 on Thursday. SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF has a 1-year low of $47.11 and a 1-year high of $57.68. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $54.19 and its 200-day simple moving average is $51.49. The company has a market capitalization of $4.40 billion, a PE ratio of 18.37 and a beta of 1.09.

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 24th were paid a $0.1458 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 24th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in shares of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 189.5% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,047,729 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $146,748,000 after buying an additional 1,994,886 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 6.4% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 11,893,746 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $572,684,000 after acquiring an additional 719,374 shares during the last quarter. Cullen Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $16,165,000. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 61.6% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 791,063 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $38,090,000 after purchasing an additional 301,539 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 4,715.0% during the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 209,693 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,097,000 after purchasing an additional 205,338 shares in the last quarter.

About SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield of the EURO STOXX 50 Index (the Index). The Index is designed to represent the performance of some of the companies across components of the 20 EURO STOXX Supersector Indexes. The EURO STOXX Supersector Indexes are subsets of the EURO STOXX Index.