iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) Short Interest Update

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,390,000 shares, a growth of 177.3% from the May 31st total of 861,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,509,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

IXUS stock traded up $0.11 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $67.56. 1,473,931 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,598,882. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $68.17 and a 200 day simple moving average of $66.37. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF has a one year low of $57.04 and a one year high of $70.18. The company has a market cap of $36.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.97 and a beta of 0.84.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a Semi-Annual dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 17th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 11th were paid a dividend of $1.0192 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, June 11th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in IXUS. IAG Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Tennessee Valley Asset Management Partners bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $39,000. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $41,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $42,000. Finally, CoreFirst Bank & Trust raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 28.4% in the 3rd quarter. CoreFirst Bank & Trust now owns 773 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,000 after acquiring an additional 171 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

The iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of global stocks covering 99% of the global market capitalization outside the US. IXUS was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.