iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund (EWU)
| 19.31 Data as of May 17 |  +0.08 / +0.42%Today’s Change | 15.22 Today|||52-Week Range 19.31 | +7.64% Year-to-Date |
Investment Objective
The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI United Kingdom Index (the "underlying index"). The fund will at all times invest at least 90% of its assets in the securities of its underlying index and in depositary receipts ("DRs") representing securities in its underlying index. The underlying index consists of stocks traded primarily on the London Stock Exchange. Components primarily include consumer staples, energy and financial companies. The fund is non-diversified.
Latest EWU News
| Hanging Out With Detrick & Pearlman May 02 / StockTwits |
Performance
| 1 month | +7.82% | 3 years | +13.81% | |
| 3 months | +4.99% | 5 years | -0.48% | |
| 1 year | +24.76% | Since inception | +6.27% |
Data through 05/18/2013
Quote Details
| Previous close | $19.23 |
| Open day’s range | 19.19 – 19.31 |
| Net asset value (NAV) | 19.16 (05/17/2013) |
| Daily volume | 710,783 |
| Average volume (3 months) | 1,703,502 |
Data as of 4:00pm ET, 05/17/2013
Peer Comparisonvs. Miscellaneous region ETFs
| EWU | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance 5-yr return | -0.48% | -- |
| Expense Gross exp ratio | 0.53% | 0.63% |
| Risk 5 year sharpe ratio | 0.08 | 0.17 |
| Net assets | $1.6B | $465.4M |
| Average market cap | $55.5B | $20.0B |
| Average P/E | 9.9 | 13.3 |
| Dividend / Share | -- | 0.46% |
Competitors
| GXF Global X FTSE Nordic Region ETF |
| EWD iShares MSCI Sweden Index Fund |
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Holdings
Top 5 SectorsPortfolio weighting
| Financial service | 20.93% |
| Energy | 20.05% |
| Industrial materials | 16.87% |
| Consumer goods | 11.31% |
| Healthcare | 7.85% |
Top 10 HoldingsPortfolio weighting
| -- HSBC Holdings PLC | 7.75% |
| -- Vodafone Group PLC | 5.77% |
| -- BP PLC | 5.32% |
| -- Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A | 4.89% |
| -- GlaxoSmithKline PLC | 4.88% |
| -- British American Tobacco PLC | 4.12% |
| -- Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B | 3.54% |
| -- Diageo PLC | 2.94% |
| -- AstraZeneca PLC | 2.49% |
| -- Rio Tinto PLC | 2.34% |