Royce & Associates LP Has $19.83 Million Position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ)

Royce & Associates LP reduced its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 15.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 406,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 75,668 shares during the period. Royce & Associates LP’s holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF were worth $19,829,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Boston Partners acquired a new position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF during the first quarter worth about $261,000. Comerica Bank boosted its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 8.3% during the first quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 12,307 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $477,000 after buying an additional 938 shares during the period. MONECO Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF during the second quarter worth about $299,000. Bank of Montreal Can boosted its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 48.3% during the second quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 4,524,511 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $190,934,000 after buying an additional 1,473,480 shares during the period. Finally, Signaturefd LLC boosted its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 103.1% during the third quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 2,774 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $135,000 after buying an additional 1,408 shares during the period.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Price Performance

GDXJ stock opened at $45.11 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.80 and a beta of 1.03. The business has a 50-day moving average of $49.54 and a 200-day moving average of $46.12. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a fifty-two week low of $30.89 and a fifty-two week high of $55.58.

About VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index (the Index). The Index provides exposure to a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the Company’s revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver.