SPDR S&P Retail ETF Target of Unusually High Options Trading (NYSEARCA:XRT)

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) saw unusually large options trading activity on Friday. Stock investors purchased 77,701 put options on the stock. This represents an increase of approximately 245% compared to the typical daily volume of 22,516 put options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SPDR S&P Retail ETF

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Natixis bought a new position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $34,000. Golden State Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $42,000. NBC Securities Inc. raised its position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 107,900.0% during the 1st quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 1,080 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $74,000 after purchasing an additional 1,079 shares during the period. CX Institutional raised its position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 2,518.4% during the 1st quarter. CX Institutional now owns 1,283 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $89,000 after purchasing an additional 1,234 shares during the period. Finally, FMR LLC lifted its stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 13.3% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,829 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $142,000 after buying an additional 214 shares in the last quarter.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Price Performance

XRT stock opened at $66.50 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $315.88 million, a P/E ratio of 13.74 and a beta of 1.34. SPDR S&P Retail ETF has a 1 year low of $61.33 and a 1 year high of $84.84. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $70.72 and its 200-day moving average price is $76.37.

About SPDR S&P Retail ETF

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the S&P Retail Select Industry Index (the Index). The Index is an equal weighted market cap index. The Index represents the retail sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Market Index. The Fund invests in industries, such as apparel retail, automotive retail, food retail, department stores, Internet retail, general merchandise stores, drug retail, and hypermarkets and super centers.