Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLV) Stock Passes Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLV) crossed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $148.27 and traded as low as $139.36. Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund shares last traded at $139.64, with a volume of 10,343,164 shares trading hands.

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Price Performance

The company’s fifty day moving average price is $142.73 and its 200 day moving average price is $148.28. The company has a market cap of $37.79 billion, a PE ratio of 23.82 and a beta of 0.55.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of XLV. LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI lifted its stake in Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund by 9.1% in the fourth quarter. LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI now owns 7,622 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,049,000 after purchasing an additional 637 shares during the last quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. grew its position in Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 38,424 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,286,000 after purchasing an additional 1,327 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund by 14.8% in the fourth quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 121,850 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $16,763,000 after buying an additional 15,704 shares in the last quarter. Hudson Valley Investment Advisors Inc. ADV increased its holdings in shares of Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Hudson Valley Investment Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 57,283 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,880,000 after purchasing an additional 441 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Farmers Trust Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund by 159.7% during the fourth quarter. Farmers Trust Co. now owns 3,454 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $475,000 after purchasing an additional 2,124 shares in the last quarter.

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Company Profile

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (the Fund) seeks to closely match the returns and characteristics of the S&P Health Care Select Sector Index (the Index). The companies included in the Index are selected on the basis of general industry classification from a universe of companies defined by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Index (S&P 500).