iShares MSCI India ETF Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (BATS:INDA)

iShares MSCI India ETF (BATS:INDA) saw unusually large options trading activity on Friday. Traders bought 18,658 put options on the stock. This is an increase of 214% compared to the average daily volume of 5,947 put options.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI India ETF

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI India ETF by 3,664.6% during the 3rd quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 2,269,439 shares of the company’s stock valued at $100,355,000 after purchasing an additional 2,209,156 shares during the last quarter. Lincoln National Corp acquired a new position in iShares MSCI India ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $580,000. Picton Mahoney Asset Management raised its stake in iShares MSCI India ETF by 31.3% during the 3rd quarter. Picton Mahoney Asset Management now owns 35,951 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,590,000 after purchasing an additional 8,561 shares during the last quarter. L.M. Kohn & Company acquired a new position in iShares MSCI India ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $636,000. Finally, Wambolt & Associates LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI India ETF by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Wambolt & Associates LLC now owns 33,854 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,497,000 after purchasing an additional 629 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI India ETF Trading Up 0.5 %

BATS INDA opened at $54.07 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $51.90 and a 200 day simple moving average of $49.91. The company has a market cap of $9.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.95 and a beta of 0.51. iShares MSCI India ETF has a 1 year low of $30.57 and a 1 year high of $38.21.

About iShares MSCI India ETF

The iShares MSCI India ETF (INDA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI India index, a market-cap-weighted index of the top 85% of firms in the Indian securities market. INDA was launched on Feb 2, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.