53,035 Shares in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Acquired by Fifth Third Securities Inc.

Fifth Third Securities Inc. bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 53,035 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,138,000.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,450,779,000 after buying an additional 2,957,022 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% during the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 16,811,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,521,915,000 after buying an additional 68,617 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.7% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 11,479,180 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,039,210,000 after buying an additional 720,499 shares during the period. Keybank National Association OH increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.8% in the 1st quarter. Keybank National Association OH now owns 10,187,432 shares of the company’s stock worth $922,268,000 after acquiring an additional 822,623 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 8,847,558 shares of the company’s stock valued at $800,969,000 after acquiring an additional 28,030 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

IEFA traded up $0.41 on Wednesday, reaching $97.11. The company had a trading volume of 5,737,637 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,882,683. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $85.03 and a 52-week high of $101.44. The company has a market cap of $166.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $98.75 and a 200 day simple moving average of $97.37.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, and excludes North America IEFA was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.