瑞士Helvetia基金公司(紐約證券交易所代碼：SWZ)空頭股數6月份上漲33.9%

The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc. (NYSE:SWZ – Get Rating) was the target of a large increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 22,500 shares, an increase of 33.9% from the May 31st total of 16,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 15,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days.

NYSE SWZ opened at $7.86 on Tuesday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $8.10 and a 200 day simple moving average of $8.84. The Swiss Helvetia Fund has a 12-month low of $7.43 and a 12-month high of $10.13.

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The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 21st were given a $0.167 dividend. This represents a $0.67 annualized dividend and a yield of 8.50%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 17th.

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in The Swiss Helvetia Fund by 13.6% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 84,108 shares of the closed-end fund's stock worth $775,000 after acquiring an additional 10,046 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG boosted its holdings in The Swiss Helvetia Fund by 10.5% during the 1st quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 31,172 shares of the closed-end fund's stock worth $287,000 after acquiring an additional 2,961 shares during the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in The Swiss Helvetia Fund by 0.3% during the 1st quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 805,394 shares of the closed-end fund's stock worth $7,425,000 after acquiring an additional 2,444 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its holdings in The Swiss Helvetia Fund by 11.6% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 56,000 shares of the closed-end fund's stock worth $516,000 after acquiring an additional 5,800 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Gardner Russo & Quinn LLC boosted its holdings in The Swiss Helvetia Fund by 1.8% during the 1st quarter. Gardner Russo & Quinn LLC now owns 239,081 shares of the closed-end fund's stock worth $2,204,000 after acquiring an additional 4,282 shares during the last quarter. 31.68% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

The Swiss Helvetia Fund Company Profile (Get Rating)

The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Schroder Investment Management North America Inc The fund invests in public equity markets of Switzerland. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in value stocks of companies across all market capitalizations.

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