VanEck Gold Miners ETF $GDX Stock Holdings Trimmed by Sigma Planning Corp

Sigma Planning Corp lowered its position in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) by 15.9% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 37,334 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 7,058 shares during the quarter. Sigma Planning Corp’s holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF were worth $3,426,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec acquired a new stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $218,971,000. M&T Bank Corp boosted its holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 7,491.6% in the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 2,025,428 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $173,721,000 after purchasing an additional 1,998,748 shares during the period. Rafferty Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 30.0% in the second quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 6,511,070 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $338,966,000 after purchasing an additional 1,503,884 shares during the period. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund bought a new stake in VanEck Gold Miners ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $101,981,000. Finally, Keystone Investors PTE Ltd. bought a new stake in VanEck Gold Miners ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $57,449,000.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:GDX opened at $74.00 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $82.56 and its two-hundred day moving average is $91.88. VanEck Gold Miners ETF has a 1-year low of $50.44 and a 1-year high of $117.18. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.70 and a beta of 0.65.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Company Profile

The Fund seeks to match as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the AMEX Gold Miners Index. The Fund, utilizing a passive or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of stocks that generally replicate the Index.