iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF (NYSEARCA:EWM) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF (NYSEARCA:EWM) saw a large increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 526,116 shares, an increase of 196.8% from the May 31st total of 177,244 shares. Approximately 4.2% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 374,214 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. NewEdge Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF during the 1st quarter worth $364,000. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 118.4% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 64,049 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,820,000 after purchasing an additional 34,724 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 506.5% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 75,987 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,159,000 after purchasing an additional 63,459 shares during the period. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 5.1% in the first quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 216,707 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,157,000 after purchasing an additional 10,525 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sigma Planning Corp increased its stake in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 14.5% in the first quarter. Sigma Planning Corp now owns 17,353 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $493,000 after purchasing an additional 2,193 shares during the last quarter. 86.75% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of NYSEARCA:EWM traded up $0.27 during trading on Friday, reaching $26.91. The stock had a trading volume of 147,310 shares, compared to its average volume of 388,292. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $28.75 and a 200-day moving average price of $28.59. The stock has a market cap of $336.91 million, a P/E ratio of 14.29 and a beta of 0.46. iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF has a fifty-two week low of $23.48 and a fifty-two week high of $30.64.

About iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund (the 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 Malaysian market, as measured by the MSCI Malaysia Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Malaysian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.