iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) was the target of a significant drop in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,480,000 shares, a drop of 29.9% from the October 15th total of 2,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 510,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AAXJ. Innealta Capital LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF during the second quarter valued at $56,000. Rathbones Group PLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 1.3% during the 2nd quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 18,527 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,334,000 after acquiring an additional 239 shares during the last quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 14.2% during the first quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 43,413 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,941,000 after acquiring an additional 5,390 shares during the last quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. now owns 42,689 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,073,000 after purchasing an additional 938 shares during the period. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $8,422,000.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Trading Down 0.7 %

NASDAQ:AAXJ opened at $73.85 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $2.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 0.68. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $76.45 and a 200-day simple moving average of $73.47. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a twelve month low of $61.30 and a twelve month high of $82.25.

About iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index).