iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume – Here’s What Happened

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) saw strong trading volume on Tuesday . 223,676 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 12% from the previous session’s volume of 199,106 shares.The stock last traded at $73.00 and had previously closed at $72.83.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Trading Down 0.6 %

The company has a fifty day moving average price of $74.37 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $74.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.45 billion, a PE ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 0.68.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a dividend of $1.0738 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Rathbones Group PLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 18,527 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,334,000 after acquiring an additional 239 shares during the last quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 15.4% during the third quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 49,746 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,903,000 after buying an additional 6,640 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 25.3% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,982,841 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $312,454,000 after purchasing an additional 804,213 shares during the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index).