Investors Purchase High Volume of X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund Call Options (NYSEARCA:ASHR)

X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund (NYSEARCA:ASHR) was the recipient of unusually large options trading on Monday. Traders purchased 143,528 call options on the company. This represents an increase of 91% compared to the typical volume of 75,305 call options.

X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:ASHR opened at $26.71 on Tuesday. X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund has a fifty-two week low of $22.44 and a fifty-two week high of $35.72. The firm has a market cap of $2.28 billion, a PE ratio of 15.24 and a beta of 0.30. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $26.32 and a 200-day moving average price of $26.52.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of ASHR. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund by 458.5% in the fourth quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 3,742,079 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $99,053,000 after purchasing an additional 3,072,053 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund by 77.4% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,896,766 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $50,207,000 after purchasing an additional 827,398 shares in the last quarter. Mount Lucas Management LP purchased a new position in shares of X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $18,529,000. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund in the 4th quarter worth approximately $13,235,000. Finally, Delphi Financial Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund in the 4th quarter worth approximately $3,680,000.

About X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund

The Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (ASHR) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the China Shenzhen SE \u002F CSI 300 index. The fund tracks an index of the 300 largest and most liquid Chinese shares traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. The fund holds physical China A-shares.