Quantbot Technologies LP Buys 12,123 Shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM)

Quantbot Technologies LP boosted its stake in iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) by 99.3% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 24,332 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,123 shares during the period. Quantbot Technologies LP’s holdings in iShares Russell 2000 ETF were worth $4,937,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Rafferty Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 84.1% in the fourth quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 8,584,687 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,723,033,000 after acquiring an additional 3,921,131 shares during the period. Natixis purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $441,651,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 44.7% during the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 6,009,724 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,263,845,000 after purchasing an additional 1,856,738 shares in the last quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $184,171,000. Finally, IMC Chicago LLC bought a new position in iShares Russell 2000 ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $170,162,000.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IWM opened at $216.83 on Monday. iShares Russell 2000 ETF has a one year low of $161.67 and a one year high of $228.63. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $213.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $206.73.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Company Profile

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell 2000 Index (the Index). The Index is a float-adjusted capitalization weighted index that measures the performance of the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market and includes securities issued by the approximately 2,000 smallest issuers in the Russell 3000 Index.