iShares MSCI Belgium ETF (NYSEARCA:EWK) Trading Up 0.2% – Time to Buy?

iShares MSCI Belgium ETF (NYSEARCA:EWK) shot up 0.2% during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $19.29 and last traded at $19.19. 955 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 93% from the average session volume of 13,295 shares. The stock had previously closed at $19.16.

iShares MSCI Belgium ETF Price Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $21.17 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.42 and a beta of 0.83. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $20.23 and a 200 day moving average price of $19.62.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Belgium ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Idaho Trust Bank acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Belgium ETF in the second quarter valued at $197,000. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Belgium ETF by 62.0% during the 3rd quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 30,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $626,000 after acquiring an additional 11,487 shares during the period. Flow Traders U.S. LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Belgium ETF by 71.7% during the 3rd quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 23,773 shares of the company’s stock valued at $496,000 after acquiring an additional 9,926 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hilltop Holdings Inc. increased its stake in iShares MSCI Belgium ETF by 26.5% in the third quarter. Hilltop Holdings Inc. now owns 121,199 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,530,000 after acquiring an additional 25,420 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Belgium ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Belgium Capped ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Belgium Capped Investable Market Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Belgian market, as measured by the MSCI Belgium Investable Market Index (the Index).