Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment Management bought more than a million shares of Twitter Inc, a day after Jack Dorsey stepped down as the chief executive of the social networking site.
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ARK acquired 1.1 million Twitter shares worth $48.9 million at Tuesday’s closing price of $43.94, according to the firm’s daily trade report. They had lost 3.4% after opening lower.
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On Monday, after the company named its technology chief Parag Agrawal as the CEO, the shares had closed down 2.7%.
Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
---|---|---|---|---|
TWTR | TWITTER, INC. | 43.94 | -1.84 | -4.02% |
Ark on Tuesday also bought 837,248 shares of online brokerage firm Robinhood Markets Inc worth $21.7 million. It had on the previous day bought 915,063 shares, taking an advantage of a pullback in shares.
(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)