iShares MSCI Germany ETF (NYSEARCA:EWG) Sees Large Volume Increase – Time to Buy?

iShares MSCI Germany ETF (NYSEARCA:EWG) saw unusually-high trading volume on Thursday . Approximately 1,947,129 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 38% from the previous session’s volume of 1,407,485 shares.The stock last traded at $39.08 and had previously closed at $38.53.

iShares MSCI Germany ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $34.37 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $33.16. The company has a market cap of $1.15 billion, a PE ratio of 18.62 and a beta of 1.13.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Germany ETF

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Germany ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Barclays PLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Germany ETF by 22,660.0% in the 4th quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,138 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 1,133 shares during the last quarter. Crowley Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Germany ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $39,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Germany ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $62,000. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Germany ETF by 193.8% in the 4th quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 2,706 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $86,000 after acquiring an additional 1,785 shares during the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI Germany ETF

iShares MSCI Germany ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the German market, as measured by the MSCI Germany Index (the Index).