GHP Investment Advisors Inc. Sells 355,489 Shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU)

GHP Investment Advisors Inc. trimmed its position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU) by 57.1% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 266,828 shares of the company’s stock after selling 355,489 shares during the quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF were worth $9,982,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in EWU. Flow Traders U.S. LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 21.0% in the first quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 1,275,828 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,646,000 after purchasing an additional 221,226 shares during the last quarter. Bricktown Capital LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $17,776,000. Polianta Ltd purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF in the second quarter valued at about $14,129,000. InterOcean Capital Group LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 11.4% in the first quarter. InterOcean Capital Group LLC now owns 321,629 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,003,000 after acquiring an additional 32,983 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Rathbones Group PLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 5.3% during the second quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 241,605 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,427,000 after acquiring an additional 12,055 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Stock Down 0.7 %

Shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF stock traded down $0.26 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $36.13. The company had a trading volume of 444,144 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,417,467. The stock has a market cap of $2.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.86 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF has a 12-month low of $30.14 and a 12-month high of $37.88. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $36.96 and a 200 day simple moving average of $35.94.

About iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

The iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI United Kingdom index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of British companies. It covers the top 85% of British companies by market cap. EWU was launched on Mar 12, 1996 and is managed by BlackRock.