iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA) Hits New 12-Month High at $34.71

Shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA) hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as $34.71 and last traded at $35.00, with a volume of 1064713 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $34.71.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $34.34 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $32.45. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.81 billion, a PE ratio of 16.31 and a beta of 0.62.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of HEFA. NBC Securities Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $38,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its holdings in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 159.6% in the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,145 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 704 shares in the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 112.4% in the 4th quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,506 shares of the company’s stock worth $79,000 after buying an additional 1,326 shares during the last quarter. Park Place Capital Corp raised its position in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.0% in the 1st quarter. Park Place Capital Corp now owns 3,698 shares of the company’s stock worth $129,000 after buying an additional 336 shares during the period. Finally, Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter worth $163,000.

About iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (HEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted, USD-hedged index of large- and mid-cap stocks from developed countries outside the US and Canada. HEFA was launched on Jan 31, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.