Investors Purchase High Volume of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Put Options (NASDAQ:EMB)

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) was the target of some unusual options trading activity on Tuesday. Investors bought 8,800 put options on the stock. This represents an increase of 214% compared to the typical volume of 2,807 put options.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Stock Down 0.2 %

NASDAQ EMB opened at $91.23 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $92.43 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $90.21. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $79.87 and a fifty-two week high of $93.97.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.3682 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 3rd.

Institutional Trading of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. grew its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 280.2% in the third quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 3,827,913 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $358,216,000 after purchasing an additional 2,821,148 shares during the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 16.1% in the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 2,033,197 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $182,317,000 after purchasing an additional 281,339 shares during the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association grew its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 1.4% in the second quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 1,268,093 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $112,201,000 after purchasing an additional 17,401 shares during the last quarter. Country Trust Bank grew its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 0.4% in the second quarter. Country Trust Bank now owns 310,895 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $27,508,000 after purchasing an additional 1,317 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stairway Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 2.6% in the second quarter. Stairway Partners LLC now owns 245,406 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $21,714,000 after purchasing an additional 6,310 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

About iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries.