Stock Traders Buy Large Volume of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF Put Options (NYSEARCA:FEZ)

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (NYSEARCA:FEZ) was the recipient of unusually large options trading on Wednesday. Investors acquired 40,227 put options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 394% compared to the typical daily volume of 8,151 put options.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Rothschild Investment LLC raised its stake in SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 40.0% in the 4th quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 700 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Flagship Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Private Trust Co. NA boosted its stake in shares of SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 65.2% in the fourth quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 750 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 296 shares during the period. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $38,000. Finally, US Bancorp DE increased its stake in SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF by 38.5% during the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 831 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 231 shares during the period.

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF Trading Down 1.8 %

FEZ stock opened at $56.35 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.48 billion, a PE ratio of 18.37 and a beta of 1.09. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $53.48 and its 200 day simple moving average is $51.32. SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF has a 1-year low of $47.11 and a 1-year high of $57.68.

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF Company Profile

SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield of the EURO STOXX 50 Index (the Index). The Index is designed to represent the performance of some of the companies across components of the 20 EURO STOXX Supersector Indexes. The EURO STOXX Supersector Indexes are subsets of the EURO STOXX Index.