K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc Purchases 3,010 Shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ)

K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc raised its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 6.0% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 53,148 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,010 shares during the period. K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc’s holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF were worth $2,015,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GDXJ. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp boosted its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 10.5% in the 4th quarter. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp now owns 6,936,920 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $262,979,000 after purchasing an additional 661,461 shares in the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. increased its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 94.6% in the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 4,464,526 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $143,892,000 after buying an additional 2,170,733 shares during the period. Rafferty Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 27.0% in the 3rd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 4,234,650 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $136,483,000 after acquiring an additional 901,115 shares during the last quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank boosted its holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 119.2% during the 3rd quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 3,104,087 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $100,045,000 after acquiring an additional 1,688,086 shares during the period. Finally, UBS Group AG grew its position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 129.7% during the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,564,205 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $50,414,000 after acquiring an additional 883,302 shares during the last quarter.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Price Performance

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF stock traded up $0.36 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $42.36. The stock had a trading volume of 4,602,851 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,266,927. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $37.39 and a 200-day simple moving average of $35.98. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a 52 week low of $30.46 and a 52 week high of $44.70. The stock has a market cap of $5.00 billion, a PE ratio of 25.32 and a beta of 0.98.

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.