iShares Latin America 40 ETF Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NYSEARCA:ILF)

iShares Latin America 40 ETF (NYSEARCA:ILF) saw unusually large options trading on Wednesday. Stock investors bought 2,178 call options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 570% compared to the average daily volume of 325 call options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Latin America 40 ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Group One Trading LLC purchased a new position in iShares Latin America 40 ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $54,000. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Latin America 40 ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $123,000. Sharper & Granite LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Latin America 40 ETF by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Sharper & Granite LLC now owns 72,224 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,492,000 after acquiring an additional 1,370 shares during the last quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Latin America 40 ETF in the third quarter worth $5,961,000. Finally, Focus Advisor Solutions LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares Latin America 40 ETF by 6.2% in the third quarter. Focus Advisor Solutions LLC now owns 6,757 shares of the company’s stock worth $233,000 after acquiring an additional 392 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 45.01% of the company’s stock.

iShares Latin America 40 ETF Stock Performance

iShares Latin America 40 ETF stock opened at $32.48 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $35.33 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $35.16. The company has a market cap of $3.39 billion, a PE ratio of 11.12 and a beta of 0.74. iShares Latin America 40 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $29.39 and a fifty-two week high of $38.50.

iShares Latin America 40 ETF Company Profile

iShares S & P Latin America 40 Index Fund, formerly iShares Latin America 40 ETF (the 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 S&P Latin America 40 (the Index). The Index consists of selected equities trading on the exchanges of five Latin American countries. The Index includes securities that Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies (S&P).