Argent Trust Co Sells 1,390 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Argent Trust Co trimmed its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 2.0% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 67,889 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,390 shares during the quarter. Argent Trust Co’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $4,771,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter worth $2,637,205,000. Life Planning Partners Inc increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6,920.2% during the 4th quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc now owns 8,435,918 shares of the company’s stock worth $592,876,000 after buying an additional 8,315,752 shares during the last quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $302,005,000. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 18.5% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 22,804,204 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,602,679,000 after acquiring an additional 3,557,370 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.4% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 65,745,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,620,618,000 after buying an additional 3,362,038 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

BATS IEFA traded up $1.73 on Thursday, hitting $71.51. 14,707,929 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,690,004. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $66.95 and a 52-week high of $78.95. The company has a market capitalization of $120.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.50 and a beta of 0.88. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $75.42 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $74.15.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, and excludes North America IEFA was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.