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EWZ

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF · ARCX · ETF · 131 sessions on record
$37.25▲ +0.78 · +2.1%from $36.47 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$36.99
High
$37.48
Low
$36.73
Day's range
$0.752.1% of the previous close
VWAP
$37.18close +0.20% from it
Volume, shares
31.1M1.22× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$1.16B
Trades
63.1K490 shares per trade
Previous close
$36.47+0.78 to the close
Market cap
—
Day range70% of the way up
$36.73$37.48
52-week range44% of the way up
$33.44 Aug 14$42.02 Apr 14

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

The desk read · Sep 30expiry Oct 16 · 16 days
call-heavy
options read
calls 76% · puts 24% of OI
0.31
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 0.27
$37.00
max pain
−0.67% from the close
$40.00
most call OI
155K contracts · +7.4% from the close
▲ +2.7%
option OI on the day
+248K contracts · 9.34M open

Call-heavy into a 16-day expiry: 0.31 puts per call by open interest, option OI +2.7% on the day, the most call OI sits at $40.00, the most put OI at $34.00, max pain $37.00.

Options

Sep 30 open interest · 20 expiries listed

EWZ options carry 9.34M contracts of open interest across 20 expiries, 13% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 0.31 puts per call.

Open interest by expirythe next 8 of 20 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 days184K+6.35K231K+14.9K1.264.436
Oct 99 days251K+20.9K77.7K+2.85K0.313.535
Oct 1616 days931K+24.9K255K+10.8K0.271349
Oct 2323 days13.2K+2K9.63K+1.99K0.730.2435
Oct 3030 days47K+26.5K27.3K+3770.580.8033
Nov 637 days2.29K+140576+720.250.0333
Nov 2051 days3.13M+36.9K622K+10.2K0.204037
Dec 1879 days1.82M+31.3K487K+9710.272545

79% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 49 strikes listed for it · 9.34M contracts open in all

Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 16 days

The Oct 16 contract holds 931K calls and 255K puts, the most call OI at $40.00 and the most put OI at $34.00; max pain $37.00, −0.67% from the close.

Call OI, contracts
931K+24.9K on the day
Put OI, contracts
255K+10.8K on the day
Puts per call, by OI
0.27all expiries 0.31
Max pain
$37.00−0.67% from the close
Strikes listed
49for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
123K
$42.00
155K
$40.00
135K
$39.00
$36.00
40.3K
$34.00
75.4K
$30.00
51.5K
Open interest added on the day, contractsthree largest additions each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
+1.95K
$40.00
+4.96K
$39.00
+25K
$38.00
$36.00
+2.15K
$34.00
+6.4K
$32.00
+2K
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
EWZ close over the last 126 sessions, with S&P 500 rebased to the first close33.6939.6245.55axis spans 35%S&P 500EWZApr 1Jul 2Sep 30126 sessions from Apr 1 to Sep 30; the price axis spans 35 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
349M+17% on Mar 2026 among managers filing both
Managers holding
381384 a quarter earlier
Largest holder
—MORGAN STANLEY
Largest 10 holderspercent of shares outstanding · change in shares against the previous quarter
Largest 13F holders of EWZ
ManagerSharesOf outstandingValueChange on quarter
MORGAN STANLEY57.1M—$1.97B+15.9M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC38.2M—$1.32B+25.3M
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC18.7M—$646.3M—
CAPITOLIS LIQUID GLOBAL MARKETS LLC16.4M—$567.2M—
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.14.2M—$491.3M—
UBS Group AG13.7M—$471.7M−2.93M
State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury10.3M—$354.2M−1.6M
Phoenix Financial Ltd.9.98M—$344.4M+3.51M
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/9.71M—$334.9M+6.05M
BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS7.5M—$258.8M−1.49M

Corporate actions

exchange records

Nothing upcoming on record; the last was a dividend of $0.33 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 EWZ, upcoming first, then the most recent
Ex-dateActionAmount or ratioRecord date
recent
Jun 15, 2026dividend$0.33—
Calendardividends by ex-date
Dividends in 365 days
—a share · ex-dates inside the year
Last dividend
$0.33ex-date Jun 15, 2026

Price history

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

EWZ is +1.9% over 20 sessions against the S&P 500's +0.1%, 11% below its 52-week high, realised volatility 25% 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 $EWZ %S&P 500 %Difference pp
120 sessionssince Apr 9$40.54▼ −8.1%▲ +12%−20
60 sessionssince Jul 7$34.64▲ +7.5%▲ +2.0%+5.5
20 sessionssince Sep 1$36.57▲ +1.9%▲ +0.11%+1.8
5 sessionssince Sep 23$37.37▼ −0.32%▼ −0.67%+0.35
1 sessionsince Sep 29$36.47▲ +2.1%▼ −0.21%+2.4
Averages of the closeclose against each average
5-session average
$36.73close +1.4% from it
20-session average
$37.66close −1.1% from it
50-session average
$36.29close +2.6% from it
Range and volumetrue range over 14 sessions · high to low over 20 · volume against the 20-session average
Average true range, 14
$0.752.0% of the close
Average day's range, 20
$0.732.0% of the close
Volume against 20 sessions
1.22×31.1M vs 25.5M average
Volatility and co-movement with S&P 500annualised from daily returns
Realised volatility, 20
25%≈ ±1.5% a session · moved more than that on 5 of 20
Realised volatility, 60
23%≈ ±1.4% a session · moved more than that on 19 of 60
Beta to S&P 500, 60
0.68moved with S&P 500 on 36 of 60 sessions
Up and down sessionscloses above and below the previous close
Last 20 sessions
10 up · 10 downof 20
Last 60 sessions
30 up · 30 downof 60
Best session, 250
▲ +4.4%Mar 31
Worst session, 250
▼ −3.8%May 13

Short-sale volume

25 sessions · to Sep 30, 2026

Short sales were 55% of reported volume on Sep 30, 2026, against 57% over the last 25 sessions.

Last 10 sessionsshare of the day's reported volume
EWZ daily short-sale volume
SessionShort volumeReported volumeShort share
Sep 30, 20264.94M9.07M54.5%
Sep 29, 20268.62M11.9M72.2%
Sep 28, 20262.7M5.92M45.6%
Sep 25, 20263.56M6.17M57.7%
Sep 24, 20263.21M12.3M26.1%
Sep 23, 20264.61M12.4M37.1%
Sep 22, 20266.52M9.1M71.6%
Sep 21, 20264.78M8.13M58.8%
Sep 18, 20262.4M5.24M45.8%
Sep 17, 20264.46M7.82M57.0%

Filings

SEC EDGAR · newest first
EWZ 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 Brazil ETF

SEC and exchange records
Company
iShares MSCI Brazil ETF
Exchange
ARCX
SEC CIK
930667
Sessions on record
131
Price source
End of day · delayed
Computed
1 Oct, 10:33 pm IST

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