SPDR S&P Retail ETF Target of Unusually High Options Trading (NYSEARCA:XRT)

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) saw unusually large options trading on Monday. Stock traders purchased 31,108 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of approximately 88% compared to the average daily volume of 16,545 call options.

Institutional Trading of SPDR S&P Retail ETF

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of XRT. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund grew its holdings in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 44.7% during the 2nd quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund now owns 9,544,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $715,609,000 after acquiring an additional 2,950,000 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Securities USA Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $97,474,000. Jane Street Group LLC raised its position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 224.6% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 394,423 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $31,155,000 after purchasing an additional 272,912 shares during the last quarter. Venture Visionary Partners LLC lifted its holdings in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 5.6% during the 3rd quarter. Venture Visionary Partners LLC now owns 83,771 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,508,000 after buying an additional 4,456 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Continuum Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $5,217,000.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Stock Up 3.7 %

Shares of NYSEARCA XRT opened at $84.03 on Tuesday. SPDR S&P Retail ETF has a 12 month low of $63.01 and a 12 month high of $84.84. The company has a market cap of $710.05 million, a P/E ratio of 12.74 and a beta of 1.20. The business’s 50 day moving average is $77.10 and its two-hundred day moving average is $76.06.

About SPDR S&P Retail ETF

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the S&P Retail Select Industry Index (the Index). The Index is an equal weighted market cap index. The Index represents the retail sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Market Index. The Fund invests in industries, such as apparel retail, automotive retail, food retail, department stores, Internet retail, general merchandise stores, drug retail, and hypermarkets and super centers.