Cathie Wood Sheds $33.6M Alibaba Shares On Earnings Day
Author: Rachit Vats | May 14, 2021 12:04am
Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management on Thursday shed 162,840 shares, worth about $33.6 million, in Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) after the company posted its first operating loss as a listed company, as a record regulatory fine it was slapped with last month weighed on its earnings.
Shares of Alibaba, the e-commerce company that runs China’s most visited online marketplaces Taobao and Tmall, closed 6.28% lower at $206.08 on Thursday.
The ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (NYSE:ARKF) made the trade, ahead of which It held 422,896 shares, worth about $92.99 million in Alibaba.
Besides ARKF, the hedge fund also holds Alibaba via the ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF (BATS:ARKQ) and the ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF (BATS:ARKX).