Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) Trading 0.6% Higher – Here’s What Happened

Shares of Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) shot up 0.6% during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $510.14 and last traded at $509.38. 7,165,762 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 81% from the average session volume of 37,833,793 shares. The stock had previously closed at $506.59.

Invesco QQQ Trading Down 0.8 %

The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $495.14 and its 200 day simple moving average is $478.31.

Invesco QQQ Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 31st. Investors of record on Monday, September 23rd were given a dividend of $0.677 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 23rd. This represents a $2.71 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.54%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Invesco QQQ

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. International Assets Investment Management LLC increased its position in Invesco QQQ by 46,491.6% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 32,586,150 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $15,904,322,000 after buying an additional 32,516,210 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC increased its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 18,691.3% during the second quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 2,777,351 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $13,307,000 after acquiring an additional 2,762,571 shares in the last quarter. Granite Bay Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Invesco QQQ by 6,215.5% in the 2nd quarter. Granite Bay Wealth Management LLC now owns 908,924 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $409,513,000 after purchasing an additional 894,532 shares during the last quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank boosted its stake in Invesco QQQ by 13.0% in the 3rd quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 4,261,790 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,080,052,000 after purchasing an additional 488,815 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mirae Asset Securities USA Inc. purchased a new stake in Invesco QQQ during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $215,600,000. 44.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Invesco QQQ Company Profile

PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 is a unit investment trust that issues securities called Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock. The Trust’s investment objective is to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Trust provides investors with the opportunity to purchase units of beneficial interest in the Trust representing proportionate undivided interests in the portfolio of securities held by the Trust, which consists of substantially all of the securities, in substantially the same weighting, as the component securities of the Nasdaq-100 Index.