Short Interest in iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF (NYSEARCA:EWL) Increases By 34.0%

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF (NYSEARCA:EWL) saw a significant growth in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 320,148 shares, a growth of 34.0% from the March 15th total of 238,955 shares. Approximately 1.3% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 1,205,077 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. 1607 Capital Partners LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF by 135.7% in the fourth quarter. 1607 Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,494,082 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $89,585,000 after purchasing an additional 860,283 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF by 142.2% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 725,576 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,081,000 after purchasing an additional 425,970 shares in the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada grew its stake in iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF by 121.5% in the fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 256,369 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $15,372,000 after purchasing an additional 140,642 shares in the last quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF by 1,815.2% in the third quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 147,295 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $8,137,000 after purchasing an additional 139,604 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF by 479.4% in the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 87,068 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,221,000 after purchasing an additional 72,040 shares in the last quarter. 68.30% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF stock traded down $0.23 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $61.63. 344,884 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 783,649. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $61.08 and a 200-day simple moving average of $59.30. The company has a market cap of $1.56 billion, a PE ratio of 21.82 and a beta of 0.81. iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF has a twelve month low of $51.15 and a twelve month high of $65.53.

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Switzerland 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Zurich Stock Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no single issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.