The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Buys 7,600 Shares of iShares MSCI France ETF (NYSEARCA:EWQ)

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF (NYSEARCA:EWQ) by 11.4% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 74,411 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,600 shares during the quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company owned approximately 0.48% of iShares MSCI France ETF worth $2,811,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in iShares MSCI France ETF by 42.8% in the first quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 1,527 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $63,000 after purchasing an additional 458 shares in the last quarter. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI France ETF by 4.1% in the second quarter. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. now owns 20,218 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $764,000 after purchasing an additional 796 shares in the last quarter. CX Institutional increased its holdings in iShares MSCI France ETF by 1.2% in the second quarter. CX Institutional now owns 366,476 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $13,845,000 after purchasing an additional 4,376 shares in the last quarter. Donald L. Hagan LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI France ETF in the second quarter worth approximately $250,000. Finally, Legacy Capital Group California Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI France ETF by 4.1% in the second quarter. Legacy Capital Group California Inc. now owns 20,018 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $756,000 after purchasing an additional 796 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI France ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EWQ stock opened at $39.21 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $611.68 million, a P/E ratio of 17.50 and a beta of 0.85. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $39.10 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $39.79. iShares MSCI France ETF has a fifty-two week low of $33.66 and a fifty-two week high of $42.60.

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.