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EFA

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · ARCX · ETF · 131 sessions on record
$103.89▼ −0.65 · −0.6%from $104.54 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$104.90
High
$104.95
Low
$103.78
Day's range
$1.21.1% of the previous close
VWAP
$104.18close −0.27% from it
Volume, shares
37.1M3.03× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$3.86B
Trades
86K430 shares per trade
Previous close
$104.54−0.65 to the close
Market cap
—
Day range9% of the way up
$103.78$104.95
52-week range67% of the way up
$93.52 Mar 27$108.89 Aug 13

−4.6% from the high · +11% from the low

The desk read · Sep 30expiry Oct 16 · 16 days
put-heavy
options read
calls 25% · puts 75% of OI
2.97
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 1.94
$107.00
max pain
+3.0% from the close
$110.00
most call OI
16.6K contracts · +5.9% from the close
▲ +8.1%
option OI on the day
+95.9K contracts · 1.28M open

Put-heavy into a 16-day expiry: 2.97 puts per call by open interest, option OI +8.1% on the day, the most call OI sits at $110.00, the most put OI at $103.00, max pain $107.00.

Options

Sep 30 open interest · 18 expiries listed

EFA options carry 1.28M contracts of open interest across 18 expiries, 20% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 2.97 puts per call.

Open interest by expirythe next 8 of 18 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 days12.5K+2.2K6.45K+120.521.552
Oct 99 days3.81K+961.08K+2320.280.3852
Oct 1616 days85.9K−9.74K166K−1.73K1.9420101
Oct 2323 days5.17K+162.6K−10.500.6050
Oct 3030 days23.4K+671122K+48.5K5.211149
Nov 637 days1.22K+443.56K+1.03K2.920.3751
Nov 2051 days35.1K+10.7K62.4K+2141.787.653
Nov 3061 days9.5K024.5K+12.572.641

79% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 101 strikes listed for it · 1.28M contracts open in all

Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 16 days

The Oct 16 contract holds 85.9K calls and 166K puts, the most call OI at $110.00 and the most put OI at $103.00; max pain $107.00, +3.0% from the close.

Call OI, contracts
85.9K−9.74K on the day
Put OI, contracts
166K−1.73K on the day
Puts per call, by OI
1.94all expiries 2.97
Max pain
$107.00+3.0% from the close
Strikes listed
101for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
9.69K
$115.00
16.6K
$110.00
11.4K
$109.00
$104.00
22.1K
$103.00
32.7K
$98.00
17.7K
Open interest added on the day, contractsthree largest additions each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
+29
$105.50
+62
$105.00
+19
$104.50
+17
$103.00
+4.87K
$80.00
+2
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
EFA close over the last 126 sessions, with S&P 500 rebased to the first close98.00107.53117.07axis spans 19%S&P 500EFAApr 1Jul 2Sep 30126 sessions from Apr 1 to Sep 30; the price axis spans 19 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
1.15B+0.01% on Mar 2026 among managers filing both
Managers holding
2,1802,126 a quarter earlier
Largest holder
—BlackRock, Inc.
Largest 10 holderspercent of shares outstanding · change in shares against the previous quarter
Largest 13F holders of EFA
ManagerSharesOf outstandingValueChange on quarter
BlackRock, Inc.188M—$19.54B−375K
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/80.5M—$8.36B+1.21M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC65.6M—$6.81B+3.82M
MORGAN STANLEY60.9M—$6.33B+1.07M
NORTHERN TRUST CORP42.9M—$4.45B−1.17M
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO40.1M—$4.15B—
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN32.2M—$3.34B−1.57M
UBS Group AG24.7M—$2.56B−4.46M
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA21.9M—$2.28B+637K
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC20.8M—$2.16B−1.74M

Corporate actions

exchange records

Nothing upcoming on record; the last was a dividend of $1.64 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 EFA, upcoming first, then the most recent
Ex-dateActionAmount or ratioRecord date
recent
Jun 15, 2026dividend$1.64—
Calendardividends by ex-date
Dividends in 365 days
—a share · ex-dates inside the year
Last dividend
$1.64ex-date Jun 15, 2026

Price history

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

EFA is −2.4% over 20 sessions against the S&P 500's +0.1%, 4.6% below its 52-week high, realised volatility 13% 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 $EFA %S&P 500 %Difference pp
120 sessionssince Apr 9$101.95▲ +1.9%▲ +12%−10
60 sessionssince Jul 7$104.16▼ −0.26%▲ +2.0%−2.3
20 sessionssince Sep 1$106.49▼ −2.4%▲ +0.11%−2.5
5 sessionssince Sep 23$104.80▼ −0.87%▼ −0.67%−0.20
1 sessionsince Sep 29$104.54▼ −0.62%▼ −0.21%−0.41
Averages of the closeclose against each average
5-session average
$104.71close −0.78% from it
20-session average
$105.93close −1.9% from it
50-session average
$106.49close −2.4% from it
Range and volumetrue range over 14 sessions · high to low over 20 · volume against the 20-session average
Average true range, 14
$1.31.2% of the close
Average day's range, 20
$0.820.79% of the close
Volume against 20 sessions
3.03×37.1M vs 13.6M average
Volatility and co-movement with S&P 500annualised from daily returns
Realised volatility, 20
13%≈ ±0.83% a session · moved more than that on 9 of 20
Realised volatility, 60
13%≈ ±0.80% a session · moved more than that on 19 of 60
Beta to S&P 500, 60
0.91moved with S&P 500 on 51 of 60 sessions
Up and down sessionscloses above and below the previous close
Last 20 sessions
8 up · 12 downof 20
Last 60 sessions
27 up · 33 downof 60
Best session, 250
▲ +3.9%Apr 8
Worst session, 250
▼ −2.6%Jun 5

Short-sale volume

25 sessions · to Sep 30, 2026

Short sales were 39% of reported volume on Sep 30, 2026, against 64% over the last 25 sessions.

Last 10 sessionsshare of the day's reported volume
EFA daily short-sale volume
SessionShort volumeReported volumeShort share
Sep 30, 20264.87M12.5M38.8%
Sep 29, 20262.36M3.47M68.0%
Sep 28, 20264.87M6.63M73.6%
Sep 25, 20261.62M2.5M64.8%
Sep 24, 20263.45M4.39M78.6%
Sep 23, 20261.95M3.27M59.5%
Sep 22, 20261.43M2.46M57.9%
Sep 21, 20262M3.14M63.7%
Sep 18, 20263.47M4.7M73.8%
Sep 17, 20261.55M3.09M50.1%

Filings

SEC EDGAR · newest first
EFA SEC filings
FiledFormReport date
Sep 23, 2026NPORT-PJul 31, 2026
Sep 23, 2026NPORT-PJul 31, 2026
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About iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

SEC and exchange records
Company
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
Exchange
ARCX
SEC CIK
1100663
Sessions on record
131
Price source
End of day · delayed
Computed
1 Oct, 10:34 pm IST

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