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IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · ARCX · ETF · 131 sessions on record
$81.16▼ −0.73 · −0.9%from $81.89 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$81.56
High
$81.65
Low
$80.99
Day's range
$0.660.80% of the previous close
VWAP
$81.26close −0.12% from it
Volume, shares
19.2M1.56× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$1.56B
Trades
66.1K290 shares per trade
Previous close
$81.89−0.73 to the close
Market cap
—
Day range26% of the way up
$80.99$81.65
52-week range73% of the way up
$66.98 Mar 30$86.49 Jun 22

−6.2% from the high · +21% from the low

The desk read · Sep 30expiry Oct 16 · 16 days
call-heavy
options read
calls 67% · puts 33% of OI
0.48
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 0.45
$80.00
max pain
−1.4% from the close
$88.00
most call OI
208 contracts · +8.4% from the close
▲ +0.6%
option OI on the day
+13 contracts · 2.29K open

Call-heavy into a 16-day expiry: 0.48 puts per call by open interest, option OI +0.6% on the day, the most call OI sits at $88.00, the most put OI at $79.00, max pain $80.00.

Options

Sep 30 open interest · 4 expiries listed

IEMG options carry 2.29K contracts of open interest across 4 expiries, 26% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 0.48 puts per call.

Open interest by expirythe next 4 of 4 expiries · share of all open interest
Option open interest by expiry, the next 4 expiries
ExpiryCall OI · on the dayPut OI · on the dayPuts per callShare of OI %Strikes
Oct 1616 days417+1186+20.452621
Nov 2051 days175+615+30.098.321
Dec 1879 days745035400.484833
Mar 19170 days204−9190+100.931731

74% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 21 strikes listed for it · 2.29K contracts open in all

Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 16 days

The Oct 16 contract holds 417 calls and 186 puts, the most call OI at $88.00 and the most put OI at $79.00; max pain $80.00, −1.4% from the close.

Call OI, contracts
417+1 on the day
Put OI, contracts
186+2 on the day
Puts per call, by OI
0.45all expiries 0.48
Max pain
$80.00−1.4% from the close
Strikes listed
21for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
208
$88.00
69
$85.00
51
$84.00
$80.00
7
$79.00
140
$77.00
17
Open interest added on the day, contractsthree largest additions each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
+1
$85.00
$79.00
+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
IEMG close over the last 126 sessions, with S&P 500 rebased to the first close69.5677.9486.32axis spans 24%S&P 500IEMGApr 1Jul 2Sep 30126 sessions from Apr 1 to Sep 30; the price axis spans 24 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
3.32B−0.96% on Mar 2026 among managers filing both
Managers holding
2,3212,222 a quarter earlier
Largest holder
—BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/
Largest 10 holderspercent of shares outstanding · change in shares against the previous quarter
Largest 13F holders of IEMG
ManagerSharesOf outstandingValueChange on quarter
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/444M—$36.81B+4.56M
MORGAN STANLEY257M—$21.25B+4.05M
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN182M—$15.10B+7.48M
Creative Planning158M—$13.08B+2.58M
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC138M—$11.44B−35.5M
LPL Financial LLC96.1M—$7.96B−8.32M
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO93.6M—$7.65B—
BlackRock, Inc.88.8M—$7.36B−12.4M
Wealthfront Advisers LLC81.2M—$6.73B−132K
UBS Group AG74.6M—$6.18B−726K

Corporate actions

exchange records

Nothing upcoming on record; the last was a dividend of $0.66 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 IEMG, upcoming first, then the most recent
Ex-dateActionAmount or ratioRecord date
recent
Jun 15, 2026dividend$0.66—
Calendardividends by ex-date
Dividends in 365 days
—a share · ex-dates inside the year
Last dividend
$0.66ex-date Jun 15, 2026

Price history

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

IEMG is −0.3% over 20 sessions against the S&P 500's +0.1%, 6.2% below its 52-week high, realised volatility 21% 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 $IEMG %S&P 500 %Difference pp
120 sessionssince Apr 9$73.94▲ +9.8%▲ +12%−2.4
60 sessionssince Jul 7$79.79▲ +1.7%▲ +2.0%−0.28
20 sessionssince Sep 1$81.43▼ −0.33%▲ +0.11%−0.44
5 sessionssince Sep 23$82.22▼ −1.3%▼ −0.67%−0.62
1 sessionsince Sep 29$81.89▼ −0.89%▼ −0.21%−0.68
Averages of the closeclose against each average
5-session average
$81.78close −0.76% from it
20-session average
$82.08close −1.1% from it
50-session average
$80.70close +0.57% from it
Range and volumetrue range over 14 sessions · high to low over 20 · volume against the 20-session average
Average true range, 14
$1.31.6% of the close
Average day's range, 20
$0.800.98% of the close
Volume against 20 sessions
1.56×19.2M vs 12.8M average
Volatility and co-movement with S&P 500annualised from daily returns
Realised volatility, 20
21%≈ ±1.3% a session · moved more than that on 6 of 20
Realised volatility, 60
23%≈ ±1.4% a session · moved more than that on 18 of 60
Beta to S&P 500, 60
1.45moved with S&P 500 on 45 of 60 sessions
Up and down sessionscloses above and below the previous close
Last 20 sessions
12 up · 8 downof 20
Last 60 sessions
33 up · 27 downof 60
Best session, 250
▲ +5.4%Apr 8
Worst session, 250
▼ −6.4%Jun 5

Short-sale volume

25 sessions · to Sep 30, 2026

Short sales were 20% of reported volume on Sep 30, 2026, against 49% over the last 25 sessions.

Last 10 sessionsshare of the day's reported volume
IEMG daily short-sale volume
SessionShort volumeReported volumeShort share
Sep 30, 20261.28M6.55M19.5%
Sep 29, 20261.53M6.44M23.8%
Sep 28, 20261.64M4.35M37.7%
Sep 25, 20261.81M5.31M34.0%
Sep 24, 20261.82M4.83M37.6%
Sep 23, 20262.38M7.79M30.6%
Sep 22, 20265.26M43.7M12.0%
Sep 21, 20262.03M3.01M67.3%
Sep 18, 20262.1M3.81M55.0%
Sep 17, 20262.7M3.62M74.7%

Filings

SEC EDGAR · newest first
IEMG SEC filings
FiledFormReport date
Sep 23, 2026NPORT-PJul 31, 2026
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About iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

SEC and exchange records
Company
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets 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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