Investors Buy Large Volume of Call Options on SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:DIA)

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:DIA) saw some unusual options trading on Thursday. Stock investors acquired 110,519 call options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 125% compared to the typical volume of 49,182 call options.

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust Trading Up 0.8 %

DIA stock opened at $392.08 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $387.71 and a 200 day moving average price of $384.23. SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust has a 12 month low of $323.21 and a 12 month high of $400.99.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. QRG Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust in the 3rd quarter valued at $258,000. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. acquired a new position in shares of SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust during the third quarter worth about $1,202,000. FMR LLC raised its holdings in SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust by 7.9% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 46,868 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $15,698,000 after purchasing an additional 3,421 shares in the last quarter. Regal Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust by 6.3% in the third quarter. Regal Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,785 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $598,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the period. Finally, Mariner LLC boosted its holdings in SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 61,623 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $20,640,000 after purchasing an additional 2,656 shares in the last quarter. 37.11% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (the Trust) is a unit investment, which issues securities called trust units or units. The Trust seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, generally correspond to the price and yields performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an Index of 30 blue chip United States stocks.