iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) Shares Bought by First Horizon Advisors Inc.

First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 88.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 7,409 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 3,470 shares during the quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $530,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Granite Bay Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 8,308.4% in the 2nd quarter. Granite Bay Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,864,311 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $536,562,000 after buying an additional 7,770,782 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 508.8% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 6,692,020 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $456,663,000 after acquiring an additional 5,592,738 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 18.7% in the second quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 7,490,881 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $513,500,000 after purchasing an additional 1,181,168 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 9,387.2% during the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 821,498 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $58,614,000 after purchasing an additional 812,839 shares during the period. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 64.6% in the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,272,225 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $86,817,000 after purchasing an additional 499,193 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of EWJ opened at $67.47 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $69.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is $69.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.63 and a beta of 0.73. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a twelve month low of $60.62 and a twelve month high of $73.24.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index 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 Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index).