iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NYSEARCA:EWH)

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF (NYSEARCA:EWH) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Friday. Investors acquired 6,625 call options on the company. This is an increase of 723% compared to the typical volume of 805 call options.

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF stock traded down $0.46 during trading on Friday, reaching $15.08. The stock had a trading volume of 1,194,188 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,600,501. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $16.51 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $16.25. iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF has a 52 week low of $14.64 and a 52 week high of $20.09.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of EWH. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its position in iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF by 209.8% during the 4th quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 107,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,867,000 after acquiring an additional 72,800 shares during the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF in the first quarter worth $3,279,000. Millburn Ridgefield Corp boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF by 23.1% during the fourth quarter. Millburn Ridgefield Corp now owns 686,232 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $11,920,000 after purchasing an additional 128,716 shares during the last quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF by 16,033.3% in the fourth quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 72,600 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,261,000 after purchasing an additional 72,150 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Caprock Group LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $314,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 50.59% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund, formerly Shares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, (the 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 Hong Kong market, as measured by the MSCI Hong Kong Index (the Index).