Shares of First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund (NASDAQ:QQXT - Get Free Report) reached a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $99.96 and last traded at $99.65, with a volume of 15554 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $98.80.
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund Price Performance
The firm has a 50 day moving average of $97.22 and a two-hundred day moving average of $95.32. The stock has a market cap of $1.09 billion, a PE ratio of 24.45 and a beta of 0.98.
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund Cuts Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 26th were paid a dividend of $0.1606 per share. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.64%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 26th.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in QQXT. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its stake in First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund by 72.4% in the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 905 shares of the company's stock valued at $84,000 after buying an additional 380 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $112,000. Burney Co. purchased a new stake in First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund in the first quarter valued at approximately $200,000. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund by 4.4% in the first quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 5,766 shares of the company's stock valued at $541,000 after buying an additional 245 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its stake in First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 6,363 shares of the company's stock valued at $593,000 after buying an additional 215 shares during the last quarter.
About First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund
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The First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund (QQXT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ-100 Ex-Tech Sector index. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index of NASDAQ 100 stocks that excludes technology companies. QQXT was launched on Feb 8, 2007 and is managed by First Trust.
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