Short Interest in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Decreases By 12.8%

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) saw a significant drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,430,000 shares, a drop of 12.8% from the December 15th total of 1,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 525,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Stock Up 0.9 %

AAXJ stock opened at $71.92 on Friday. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a twelve month low of $62.15 and a twelve month high of $82.25. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $73.44 and its 200-day moving average is $74.07. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.46 billion, a PE ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 0.68.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were issued a $1.0738 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 25.3% in the third 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 in the last quarter. Finley Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $466,000. Finally, iA Global Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 15.4% in the third quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 49,746 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,903,000 after purchasing an additional 6,640 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Company Profile

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).