Fmr LLC Raises Stock Position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT)

Fmr LLC boosted its stake in SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) by 13.3% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,829 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 214 shares during the period. Fmr LLC’s holdings in SPDR S&P Retail ETF were worth $142,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund grew its holdings in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 44.7% in the second quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund now owns 9,544,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $715,609,000 after acquiring an additional 2,950,000 shares during the period. Mirae Asset Securities USA Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $97,474,000. Leuthold Group LLC bought a new position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $2,232,000. Armistice Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF in the second quarter worth approximately $658,000. Finally, Cowa LLC boosted its holdings in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 122.0% in the second quarter. Cowa LLC now owns 8,507 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $638,000 after buying an additional 4,675 shares during the last quarter.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Trading Up 1.2 %

Shares of XRT stock opened at $81.20 on Monday. SPDR S&P Retail ETF has a 12 month low of $67.57 and a 12 month high of $84.84. The stock has a market cap of $686.14 million, a P/E ratio of 12.74 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $79.77 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $77.05.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Profile

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the S&P Retail Select Industry Index (the Index). The Index is an equal weighted market cap index. The Index represents the retail sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Market Index. The Fund invests in industries, such as apparel retail, automotive retail, food retail, department stores, Internet retail, general merchandise stores, drug retail, and hypermarkets and super centers.