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EEM

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · ARCX · ETF · 131 sessions on record
$66.79▼ −0.61 · −0.9%from $67.40 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$67.12
High
$67.16
Low
$66.59
Day's range
$0.560.84% of the previous close
VWAP
$66.83close −0.07% from it
Volume, shares
21.4M1.15× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$1.43B
Trades
73.8K290 shares per trade
Previous close
$67.40−0.61 to the close
Market cap
—
Day range35% of the way up
$66.59$67.16
52-week range72% of the way up
$54.44 Mar 30$71.57 Jun 22

−6.7% from the high · +23% from the low

The desk read · Sep 30expiry Oct 16 · 16 days
put-heavy
options read
calls 31% · puts 69% of OI
2.24
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 2.06
$66.00
max pain
−1.2% from the close
$65.00
most call OI
36.1K contracts · −2.7% from the close
▲ +1.1%
option OI on the day
+47.6K contracts · 4.31M open

Put-heavy into a 16-day expiry: 2.24 puts per call by open interest, option OI +1.1% on the day, the most call OI sits at $65.00, the most put OI at $58.00, max pain $66.00.

Options

Sep 30 open interest · 21 expiries listed

EEM options carry 4.31M contracts of open interest across 21 expiries, 14% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 2.24 puts per call.

Open interest by expirythe next 8 of 21 expiries · share of all open interest
Option open interest by expiry, the next 8 expiries
ExpiryCall OI · on the dayPut OI · on the dayPuts per callShare of OI %Strikes
Oct 22 days7.18K−2015.8K+172.200.5342
Oct 55 days2.44K+2.38K128+130.050.0631
Oct 77 days255+11114+380.450.0132
Oct 99 days5.35K+9303.24K+1570.610.2041
Oct 1212 days6+55+30.830.0031
Oct 1616 days197K−8.51K405K−8.81K2.061481
Oct 2323 days2.4K+66.18K+42.570.2037
Oct 3030 days1.6K+2249.2K+40.7K30.821.239

85% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 81 strikes listed for it · 4.31M contracts open in all

Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 16 days

The Oct 16 contract holds 197K calls and 405K puts, the most call OI at $65.00 and the most put OI at $58.00; max pain $66.00, −1.2% from the close.

Call OI, contracts
197K−8.51K on the day
Put OI, contracts
405K−8.81K on the day
Puts per call, by OI
2.06all expiries 2.24
Max pain
$66.00−1.2% from the close
Strikes listed
81for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
25.5K
$70.00
20.8K
$66.00
36.1K
$65.00
32.5K
$58.00
60K
$57.00
42.1K
Open interest added on the day, contractsthree largest additions each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
+9
$69.00
+20
$66.50
+343
+50
$66.00
$62.50
+65
$49.50
+8
Close $ · S&P 500 rebased to the first close126 sessions to Sep 30 · axis fixed at 4 × ATR-14 around the last close
131 sessions on file · from Mar 25
EEM close over the last 126 sessions, with S&P 500 rebased to the first close56.5963.9171.22axis spans 26%S&P 500EEMApr 1Jul 2Sep 30126 sessions from Apr 1 to Sep 30; the price axis spans 26 percent.

Shareholding

quarter to Jun 2026 · SEC Form 13F

No open-market insider buying or selling in the last 90 days.

Held by 13F managers
—
Shares held
2.54B+21% on Mar 2026 among managers filing both
Managers holding
1,5931,564 a quarter earlier
Largest holder
—BARCLAYS PLC
Largest 10 holderspercent of shares outstanding · change in shares against the previous quarter
Largest 13F holders of EEM
ManagerSharesOf outstandingValueChange on quarter
BARCLAYS PLC1.88B—$128.59B+431M
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/81.6M—$5.58B+6.92M
MORGAN STANLEY77.2M—$5.28B+9.48M
BlackRock, Inc.38.2M—$2.61B+3.72M
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN27.9M—$1.91B+383K
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC24.8M—$1.70B+6.1M
UBS Group AG23.1M—$1.58B+1.07M
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO22.4M—$1.51B—
Retirement Systems of Alabama18.3M—$1.25Bunchanged
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA12.1M—$828.1M−11.1M

Corporate actions

exchange records

Nothing upcoming on record; the last was a dividend of $0.35 a share, ex-date Jun 15, 2026.

Actionsex-dates · upcoming first, then the last eight · dividends in dollars a share, splits as ratios
Corporate actions of EEM, upcoming first, then the most recent
Ex-dateActionAmount or ratioRecord date
recent
Jun 15, 2026dividend$0.35—
Calendardividends by ex-date
Dividends in 365 days
—a share · ex-dates inside the year
Last dividend
$0.35ex-date Jun 15, 2026

Price history

131 sessions on record · to Sep 30 · end of day

EEM is 0.0% over 20 sessions against the S&P 500's +0.1%, 6.7% below its 52-week high, realised volatility 22% annualised.

Returns against S&P 500longest window first · S&P 500 over the same sessions
Returns of the stock and S&P 500 over six windows, longest first
WindowFrom $EEM %S&P 500 %Difference pp
120 sessionssince Apr 9$60.28▲ +11%▲ +12%−1.4
60 sessionssince Jul 7$65.72▲ +1.6%▲ +2.0%−0.37
20 sessionssince Sep 1$66.77+0.03%▲ +0.11%−0.08
5 sessionssince Sep 23$67.71▼ −1.4%▼ −0.67%−0.69
1 sessionsince Sep 29$67.40▼ −0.91%▼ −0.21%−0.70
Averages of the closeclose against each average
5-session average
$67.32close −0.79% from it
20-session average
$67.46close −0.99% from it
50-session average
$66.31close +0.72% from it
Range and volumetrue range over 14 sessions · high to low over 20 · volume against the 20-session average
Average true range, 14
$1.11.7% of the close
Average day's range, 20
$0.681.0% of the close
Volume against 20 sessions
1.15×21.4M vs 18.9M average
Volatility and co-movement with S&P 500annualised from daily returns
Realised volatility, 20
22%≈ ±1.4% a session · moved more than that on 6 of 20
Realised volatility, 60
24%≈ ±1.5% a session · moved more than that on 19 of 60
Beta to S&P 500, 60
1.46moved with S&P 500 on 46 of 60 sessions
Up and down sessionscloses above and below the previous close
Last 20 sessions
11 up · 9 downof 20
Last 60 sessions
32 up · 28 downof 60
Best session, 250
▲ +5.5%Apr 8
Worst session, 250
▼ −6.5%Jun 5

1 headlines on EEM

latest Sep 30, 2026 · links go to the publisher

Short-sale volume

25 sessions · to Sep 30, 2026

Short sales were 54% of reported volume on Sep 30, 2026, against 59% over the last 25 sessions.

Last 10 sessionsshare of the day's reported volume
EEM daily short-sale volume
SessionShort volumeReported volumeShort share
Sep 30, 20263.21M5.9M54.5%
Sep 29, 20261.92M3.98M48.3%
Sep 28, 20261.97M4.04M48.9%
Sep 25, 20262.92M4.79M61.1%
Sep 24, 20262.11M4.23M50.0%
Sep 23, 20263.24M4.98M65.0%
Sep 22, 20264.16M7.25M57.4%
Sep 21, 20263.18M5.6M56.8%
Sep 18, 20264.75M6.68M71.1%
Sep 17, 20262.95M4.58M64.4%

Filings

SEC EDGAR · newest first
EEM SEC filings
FiledFormReport date
Sep 23, 2026NPORT-PJul 31, 2026
Sep 23, 2026NPORT-PJul 31, 2026
Sep 11, 2026497—
Sep 4, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A—
Sep 4, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A—
Sep 4, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A—
Aug 31, 2026497K—
Aug 31, 2026497K—
Aug 31, 2026497J—
Aug 28, 2026N-PXJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026N-PXJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026N-PXJun 30, 2026
Aug 24, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 21, 2026485BPOS—
Aug 14, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A—
Aug 6, 2026SCHEDULE 13G—
Aug 6, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A—
Aug 6, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A—
Aug 6, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A—
Aug 6, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A—
Aug 6, 2026SCHEDULE 13G—
Jul 31, 2026497K—
Jul 31, 2026497J—
Jul 28, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A—
Jul 27, 2026485BPOS—

About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

SEC and exchange records
Company
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Exchange
ARCX
SEC CIK
930667
Sessions on record
131
Price source
End of day · delayed
Computed
1 Oct, 08:07 pm IST

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