X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (NYSEARCA:ASHR)

X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund (NYSEARCA:ASHR) was the target of some unusual options trading activity on Friday. Traders bought 125,124 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of approximately 43% compared to the typical volume of 87,553 call options.

X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:ASHR traded up $0.19 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $27.33. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 9,696,965 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,294,738. X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund has a 52 week low of $22.44 and a 52 week high of $35.72. The company has a market capitalization of $1.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.00 and a beta of 0.47. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $26.33 and its 200 day moving average price is $26.19.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of ASHR. Hollencrest Capital Management grew its position in shares of X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund by 1,687.5% in the 3rd quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management now owns 42,900 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,227,000 after buying an additional 40,500 shares during the last quarter. FNY Investment Advisers LLC purchased a new position in shares of X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund in the 4th quarter worth approximately $55,000. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund in the 4th quarter worth approximately $13,235,000. Delphi Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund in the 4th quarter worth approximately $3,680,000. Finally, Mount Lucas Management LP purchased a new position in shares of X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund in the 4th quarter worth approximately $18,529,000.

About X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund

The Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (ASHR) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the China Shenzhen SE \u002F CSI 300 index. The fund tracks an index of the 300 largest and most liquid Chinese shares traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. The fund holds physical China A-shares.