12,784 Shares in iShares MSCI Italy ETF $EWI Purchased by Providence First Trust Co

Providence First Trust Co bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF (NYSEARCA:EWI) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 12,784 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $695,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EWI. Principal Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $10,240,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Italy ETF by 24.3% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 710,888 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $34,227,000 after purchasing an additional 139,088 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $6,724,000. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $6,490,000. Finally, UBS Group AG grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF by 45.3% in the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 289,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $15,715,000 after purchasing an additional 90,221 shares during the last quarter. 37.96% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Italy ETF Stock Up 2.7%

NYSEARCA EWI opened at $57.82 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $663.77 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.30 and a beta of 0.88. iShares MSCI Italy ETF has a fifty-two week low of $44.87 and a fifty-two week high of $59.17. The business has a fifty day moving average of $55.14 and a 200-day moving average of $54.35.

iShares MSCI Italy ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Italy Capped Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Italy 25/50 Index (Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Milan Stock Exchange. The Underlying 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 Underlying Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Underlying Index weight.