Appleton Partners Inc. MA Has $697,000 Holdings in SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD)

Appleton Partners Inc. MA decreased its position in SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) by 4.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 3,241 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 135 shares during the quarter. Appleton Partners Inc. MA’s holdings in SPDR Gold Shares were worth $697,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in GLD. Toronto Dominion Bank boosted its position in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 23.6% during the 1st quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 5,649,510 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,162,217,000 after acquiring an additional 1,079,452 shares in the last quarter. Scarborough Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 10,133.3% in the 4th quarter. Scarborough Advisors LLC now owns 2,662,393 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $508,970,000 after purchasing an additional 2,636,376 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 19,989.3% during the 4th quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 2,437,035 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $465,888,000 after buying an additional 2,424,904 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its position in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 4.7% during the 4th quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 1,054,867 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $201,659,000 after buying an additional 47,681 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James & Associates boosted its stake in SPDR Gold Shares by 2.8% in the first quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 868,088 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $178,583,000 after buying an additional 23,468 shares in the last quarter. 42.19% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

SPDR Gold Shares Price Performance

NYSEARCA:GLD traded down $0.43 on Friday, hitting $225.34. The company had a trading volume of 11,109,387 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,606,000. SPDR Gold Shares has a 52 week low of $168.30 and a 52 week high of $229.65. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $218.58 and a two-hundred day moving average of $208.48.

SPDR Gold Shares Profile

SPDR Gold Trust (the Trust) is an investment trust. The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trust’s expenses. The Trust’s business activity is the investment of gold. The Trust creates and redeems Shares from time to time, but in one or more Baskets (a Basket equals a block of 100,000 Shares).