Traders Buy High Volume of Call Options on SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT)

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) was the target of unusually large options trading activity on Thursday. Stock investors bought 30,259 call options on the company. This is an increase of 64% compared to the typical volume of 18,445 call options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SPDR S&P Retail ETF

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Mizuho Securities USA LLC raised its stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 214.3% during the 3rd quarter. Mizuho Securities USA LLC now owns 3,300,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $200,838,000 after acquiring an additional 2,250,000 shares in the last quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund increased its stake in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 22.0% during the 3rd quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund now owns 8,003,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $487,063,000 after purchasing an additional 1,445,000 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 146.6% during the 3rd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,271,139 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $138,222,000 after purchasing an additional 1,349,986 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC increased its stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 205.8% in the second quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 627,127 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $36,473,000 after acquiring an additional 1,219,820 shares during the period. Finally, Barclays PLC increased its stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 156.0% in the second quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,086,934 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $69,293,000 after acquiring an additional 662,346 shares during the period.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Trading Up 0.0 %

SPDR S&P Retail ETF stock opened at $70.69 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $452.42 million, a PE ratio of 12.75 and a beta of 1.20. SPDR S&P Retail ETF has a 12-month low of $56.20 and a 12-month high of $79.12. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $75.00 and a 200-day moving average price of $68.88.

About SPDR S&P Retail ETF

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the S&P Retail Select Industry Index (the Index). The Index is an equal weighted market cap index. The Index represents the retail sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Market Index. The Fund invests in industries, such as apparel retail, automotive retail, food retail, department stores, Internet retail, general merchandise stores, drug retail, and hypermarkets and super centers.