IMC Chicago LLC Takes Position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ)

IMC Chicago LLC purchased a new stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 16,196 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $614,000.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 40.0% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,400 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $53,000 after buying an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 6.7% during the 4th quarter. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 7,663 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $285,000 after buying an additional 482 shares during the last quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management lifted its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management now owns 62,345 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,009,000 after buying an additional 500 shares during the last quarter. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Finally, Realta Investment Advisors lifted its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 2.3% during the 4th quarter. Realta Investment Advisors now owns 31,550 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,196,000 after buying an additional 700 shares during the last quarter.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF stock traded down $0.40 during trading on Thursday, hitting $44.38. 1,079,629 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 7,027,533. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $41.01 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $37.23. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a twelve month low of $30.46 and a twelve month high of $47.25. The stock has a market cap of $5.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.80 and a beta of 1.03.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Profile

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index (the Index). The Index provides exposure to a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the Company’s revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver.