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The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (LON:BGFD) Shares Cross Below 200 Day Moving Average - Here's Why

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The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC (LON:BGFD - Get Free Report)'s share price crossed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 732.70 ($9.36) and traded as low as GBX 660 ($8.43). The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares last traded at GBX 681 ($8.70), with a volume of 334,230 shares trading hands.

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of £603.32 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.16 and a beta of 0.73. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 750.43 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 730.60.

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (LON:BGFD - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, March 28th. The company reported GBX 3.41 ($0.04) EPS for the quarter. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust had a net margin of 94.64% and a return on equity of 8.49%.

About The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust

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The Trust aims to pursue long-term capital growth principally through investment in medium to smaller sized Japanese companies which are believed to have above average prospects for growth. We invest in a spread of 40–70 companies, predominantly medium and smaller sized, that we believe offer good growth opportunities. Growth may come from innovative business models, disrupting traditional Japanese practices or market opportunities, such as growth from overseas. We aim to take a three to five year view and the Trust is managed by looking at the underlying investments rather than the benchmark which is TOPIX total return.

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