Whittier Trust Co. Sells 950 Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ)

Whittier Trust Co. trimmed its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 32.2% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 2,001 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 950 shares during the period. Whittier Trust Co.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $134,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Bank of Montreal Can raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 3.3% in the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 7,735,522 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $549,841,000 after buying an additional 244,641 shares during the period. First Command Advisory Services Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. now owns 6,017,406 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $403,768,000 after buying an additional 90,766 shares during the period. Glenmede Trust Co. NA raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 1.3% in the third quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA now owns 1,346,971 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $96,362,000 after buying an additional 17,765 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2.5% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 1,098,246 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $78,568,000 after buying an additional 27,172 shares during the period. Finally, Pictet North America Advisors SA raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 19.3% in the fourth quarter. Pictet North America Advisors SA now owns 884,361 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $59,341,000 after buying an additional 142,824 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA EWJ opened at $71.33 on Monday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $68.76 and its 200-day moving average price is $68.95. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a fifty-two week low of $60.62 and a fifty-two week high of $73.24. The company has a market cap of $14.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.35 and a beta of 0.65.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Company 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).