iShares Asia 50 ETF (NASDAQ:AIA) Short Interest Update

iShares Asia 50 ETF (NASDAQ:AIA) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 86,100 shares, a growth of 182.3% from the September 15th total of 30,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 142,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.6 days.

iShares Asia 50 ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ AIA opened at $74.15 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $67.88 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $66.03. The stock has a market cap of $1.45 billion, a PE ratio of 12.57 and a beta of 0.71. iShares Asia 50 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $52.02 and a fifty-two week high of $77.44.

Institutional Trading of iShares Asia 50 ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of AIA. OLD Mission Capital LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Asia 50 ETF by 147.2% in the first quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 214,209 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,005,000 after purchasing an additional 127,571 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of iShares Asia 50 ETF in the first quarter worth $6,847,000. Flow Traders U.S. LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Asia 50 ETF by 44.0% in the first quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 230,957 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,021,000 after purchasing an additional 70,559 shares during the last quarter. StoneX Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares Asia 50 ETF in the first quarter worth $4,177,000. Finally, Bank of Montreal Can grew its stake in shares of iShares Asia 50 ETF by 1,142.7% in the second quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 47,159 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,206,000 after purchasing an additional 43,364 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Asia 50 ETF Company Profile

iShares Asia 50 ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares S&P Asia 50 Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P Asia 50 Index (the Index). The Index is a free float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the performance of the 50 leading companies from four Asian markets: Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.