Stephens Inc. AR Sells 1,722 Shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ)

Stephens Inc. AR reduced its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 13.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 11,261 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,722 shares during the period. Stephens Inc. AR’s holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF were worth $481,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Quattro Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $689,000. IMC Chicago LLC boosted its holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 102.6% in the 4th quarter. IMC Chicago LLC now owns 26,712 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,142,000 after buying an additional 1,062,702 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 26.1% in the 4th quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 14,405 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $616,000 after buying an additional 2,981 shares during the period. Vanderbilt University boosted its holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanderbilt University now owns 219,815 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,397,000 after buying an additional 5,475 shares during the period. Finally, Money Concepts Capital Corp boosted its holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Money Concepts Capital Corp now owns 41,216 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,762,000 after buying an additional 1,039 shares during the period.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Trading Down 3.6 %

GDXJ opened at $50.68 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $46.83 and a 200 day moving average of $47.50. The company has a market cap of $5.95 billion, a PE ratio of 24.80 and a beta of 1.03. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a 12 month low of $31.00 and a 12 month 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.