Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Raises Stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ)

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 5.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 22,238 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,070 shares during the quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $1,591,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of EWJ. Granite Bay Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 8,308.4% in the 2nd quarter. Granite Bay Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,864,311 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $536,562,000 after purchasing an additional 7,770,782 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 508.8% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 6,692,020 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $456,663,000 after buying an additional 5,592,738 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 4.7% in the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 34,382,317 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,453,178,000 after buying an additional 1,529,202 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 18.7% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 7,490,881 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $513,500,000 after acquiring an additional 1,181,168 shares during the period. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 9,387.2% during the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 821,498 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $58,614,000 after acquiring an additional 812,839 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

EWJ opened at $67.82 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.63 and a beta of 0.73. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $69.75 and a 200-day moving average price of $69.09. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a twelve month low of $60.62 and a twelve month high of $73.24.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The 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 Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index).