Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Purchases 64,483 Shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. grew its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 1,885.5% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 67,903 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 64,483 shares during the period. Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF were worth $5,419,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in EWY. CWM LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 50.5% during the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 897 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $72,000 after purchasing an additional 301 shares during the period. FLP Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $103,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 200.0% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,650 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $132,000 after purchasing an additional 1,100 shares during the last quarter. Friedenthal Financial bought a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the third quarter worth about $149,000. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 16.6% during the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,985 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $159,000 after buying an additional 283 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:EWY opened at $133.89 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.17 billion, a PE ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.22. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $122.62 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $99.41. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 1 year low of $48.49 and a 1 year high of $154.22.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped 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 MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no 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.