iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) Position Decreased by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. decreased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 20.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 21,670 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 5,655 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF were worth $488,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Perigon Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $215,000. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 174.5% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 947 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 602 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 9.4% in the third quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 50,699 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,495,000 after buying an additional 4,343 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 13.2% in the fourth quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 22,331 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $503,000 after buying an additional 2,602 shares during the period. Finally, Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 1.1% in the third quarter. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. now owns 202,460 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,971,000 after buying an additional 2,145 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Price Performance

Shares of EWZ opened at $26.37 on Friday. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a one year low of $22.26 and a one year high of $34.13. The company has a 50-day moving average of $24.07 and a two-hundred day moving average of $26.99. The stock has a market cap of $4.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.65 and a beta of 0.93.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil 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 Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index).