iShares MSCI France ETF (NYSEARCA:EWQ) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume

Shares of iShares MSCI France ETF (NYSEARCA:EWQ) saw strong trading volume on Friday . 153,117 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 71% from the previous session’s volume of 522,999 shares.The stock last traded at $37.67 and had previously closed at $37.97.

iShares MSCI France ETF Stock Down 0.5 %

The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $40.61 and a 200 day simple moving average of $39.97. The firm has a market capitalization of $589.37 million, a P/E ratio of 17.50 and a beta of 0.85.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd grew its position in iShares MSCI France ETF by 552.2% in the third quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 149,497 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,321,000 after acquiring an additional 126,575 shares in the last quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI France ETF by 255.3% in the fourth quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 141,637 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,549,000 after buying an additional 101,776 shares in the last quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. bought a new position in iShares MSCI France ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,169,000. Visionary Horizons LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI France ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $819,000. Finally, Banque Pictet & Cie SA increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF by 21.5% during the third quarter. Banque Pictet & Cie SA now owns 64,744 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,304,000 after purchasing an additional 11,440 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI France ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI France ETF, formerly iShares MSCI France Index 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 French market, as measured by the MSCI France Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the French equity market.