SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (NYSEARCA:XOP)

SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (NYSEARCA:XOP) saw unusually large options trading on Monday. Stock investors acquired 80,224 put options on the stock. This is an increase of 208% compared to the typical daily volume of 26,077 put options.

SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF Trading Down 0.4 %

Shares of SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF stock opened at $106.25 on Tuesday. SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF has a 12 month low of $100.80 and a 12 month high of $162.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.11 and a beta of 1.34. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $130.72 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $134.88.

SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 26th. Investors of record on Monday, March 24th were given a dividend of $0.7607 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 24th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF by 17.2% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 719,268 shares of the company’s stock valued at $94,598,000 after acquiring an additional 105,387 shares in the last quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank increased its stake in SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF by 24.0% during the 3rd quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 366,925 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,258,000 after purchasing an additional 71,116 shares in the last quarter. SPX Gestao de Recursos Ltda purchased a new position in SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $8,732,000. Marshall Wace LLP raised its holdings in SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF by 489.6% in the fourth quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 39,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,229,000 after buying an additional 32,800 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Valley Wealth Managers Inc. lifted its stake in shares of SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF by 69.1% in the fourth quarter. Valley Wealth Managers Inc. now owns 56,851 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,525,000 after buying an additional 23,231 shares in the last quarter.

About SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF

SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the total return performance of the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Select Industry Index. The S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Select Industry Index represents the oil and gas exploration and production sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Markets Index.