Schedule of Investments (unaudited) | iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF |
November 30, 2021 | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Australia — 35.8% | ||||||||
29Metals Ltd.(a) | 229,341 | $ | 426,698 | |||||
Alumina Ltd. | 2,354,535 | 2,993,077 | ||||||
Australian Strategic Materials Ltd.(a) | 84,597 | 803,262 | ||||||
AVZ Minerals Ltd.(a) | 2,261,625 | 1,112,417 | ||||||
BHP Group Ltd. | 2,815,173 | 78,863,589 | ||||||
BHP Group PLC | 2,017,125 | 55,120,049 | ||||||
BlueScope Steel Ltd. | 481,665 | 6,694,795 | ||||||
Chalice Mining Ltd.(a) | 304,647 | 2,138,756 | ||||||
Champion Iron Ltd.(a)(b) | 313,449 | 992,554 | ||||||
Deterra Royalties Ltd. | 409,782 | 1,197,458 | ||||||
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. | 1,616,145 | 19,407,893 | ||||||
Glencore PLC | 9,535,500 | 45,272,573 | ||||||
IGO Ltd. | 651,837 | 4,827,443 | ||||||
Iluka Resources Ltd. | 403,914 | 2,456,683 | ||||||
Imdex Ltd. | 356,970 | 712,505 | ||||||
IONEER Ltd.(a) | 1,334,970 | 632,836 | ||||||
Liontown Resources Ltd.(a) | 1,263,087 | 1,728,751 | ||||||
Lynas Rare Earths Ltd.(a) | 861,129 | 5,394,452 | ||||||
Mineral Resources Ltd. | 153,057 | 4,912,034 | ||||||
Nickel Mines Ltd. | 978,489 | 978,884 | ||||||
Orocobre Ltd.(a) | 549,147 | 3,946,725 | ||||||
OZ Minerals Ltd. | 318,339 | 5,854,424 | ||||||
Perenti Global Ltd. | 580,608 | 337,550 | ||||||
Pilbara Minerals Ltd.(a) | 2,245,488 | 4,104,533 | ||||||
Rio Tinto Ltd. | 354,525 | 23,523,701 | ||||||
Rio Tinto PLC | 1,072,734 | 65,763,001 | ||||||
Sandfire Resources Ltd. | 367,239 | 1,560,723 | ||||||
Sayona Mining Ltd.(a) | 3,940,461 | 421,344 | ||||||
Sims Ltd. | 165,771 | 1,655,185 | ||||||
South32 Ltd. | 4,465,548 | 11,158,828 | ||||||
Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd.(a) | 81,174 | 638,250 | ||||||
Western Areas Ltd.(a) | 311,004 | 626,035 | ||||||
356,257,008 | ||||||||
Austria — 0.4% | ||||||||
voestalpine AG | 111,003 | 3,746,075 | ||||||
Belgium — 0.1% | ||||||||
Bekaert SA | 34,719 | 1,397,623 | ||||||
Brazil — 5.0% | ||||||||
Cia. Siderurgica Nacional SA | 661,617 | 2,560,862 | ||||||
Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio(a) | 130,563 | 277,994 | ||||||
Vale SA | 3,782,415 | 47,062,787 | ||||||
49,901,643 | ||||||||
Canada — 4.7% | ||||||||
Altius Minerals Corp. | 39,120 | 493,957 | ||||||
Capstone Mining Corp.(a) | 295,356 | 1,449,671 | ||||||
ERO Copper Corp.(a) | 63,081 | 1,021,187 | ||||||
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. | 560,394 | 11,945,304 | ||||||
Hudbay Minerals Inc. | 212,715 | 1,435,362 | ||||||
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., Class A(a) | 577,998 | 4,587,968 | ||||||
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp.(b) | 54,768 | 1,555,001 | ||||||
Largo Inc.(a) | 34,230 | 331,193 | ||||||
Lithium Americas Corp.(a)(b) | 91,932 | 3,627,048 | ||||||
Lundin Mining Corp. | 631,788 | 4,960,534 | ||||||
New Pacific Metals Corp.(a) | 85,575 | 263,267 | ||||||
Solaris Resources Inc.(a) | 52,812 | 564,315 | ||||||
Stelco Holdings Inc. | 29,829 | 956,433 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Canada (continued) | ||||||||
Teck Resources Ltd., Class B | 450,858 | $ | 11,957,469 | |||||
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.(a) | 95,844 | 1,424,774 | ||||||
Wallbridge Mining Co. Ltd.(a) | 620,541 | 206,450 | ||||||
46,779,933 | ||||||||
Chile — 0.1% | ||||||||
CAP SA | 63,570 | 573,792 | ||||||
China — 3.2% | ||||||||
Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., Class A(a) | 782,365 | 640,511 | ||||||
Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., Class H(a) | 3,798,000 | 1,854,153 | ||||||
Anhui Honglu Steel Construction Group Co. Ltd., Class A | 35,500 | 283,694 | ||||||
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., Class A | 1,266,793 | 1,287,668 | ||||||
Chengtun Mining Group Co. Ltd., Class A | 146,700 | 267,293 | ||||||
China Hongqiao Group Ltd. | 2,200,500 | 2,130,126 | ||||||
China Metal Recycling Holdings Ltd.(c) | 132,000 | — | ||||||
China Minmetals Rare Earth Co. Ltd., Class A | 48,900 | 342,104 | ||||||
China Molybdenum Co. Ltd., Class A | 1,026,900 | 950,385 | ||||||
China Molybdenum Co. Ltd., Class H | 3,264,000 | 2,002,424 | ||||||
China Northern Rare Earth Group High-Tech Co. Ltd., Class A | 195,670 | 1,647,297 | ||||||
China Oriental Group Co. Ltd. | 1,456,000 | 384,829 | ||||||
China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd.(a)(c) | 1,552,000 | 281,667 | ||||||
Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., Class A | 65,300 | 1,737,454 | ||||||
Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., Class H(d) | 249,200 | 4,816,366 | ||||||
GEM Co. Ltd., Class A | 308,517 | 548,166 | ||||||
Hesteel Co. Ltd., Class A | 635,700 | 231,686 | ||||||
Hunan Valin Steel Co. Ltd., Class A | 391,200 | 306,722 | ||||||
Inner Mongolia BaoTou Steel Union Co. Ltd., Class A(a) | 2,591,721 | 1,171,354 | ||||||
Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd., Class A | 146,700 | 525,552 | ||||||
Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd., Class H | 1,108,000 | 1,780,546 | ||||||
Jinchuan Group International Resources Co. Ltd. | 2,934,000 | 441,735 | ||||||
MMG Ltd.(a) | 2,990,000 | 1,082,906 | ||||||
Pangang Group Vanadium Titanium & Resources Co. Ltd., Class A(a) | 489,000 | 289,913 | ||||||
Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co. Ltd., Class A | 684,600 | 472,465 | ||||||
Shanxi Meijin Energy Co. Ltd., Class A(a) | 247,200 | 524,263 | ||||||
Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd., Class A | 342,300 | 382,201 | ||||||
Shenghe Resources Holding Co. Ltd., Class A | 97,800 | 341,046 | ||||||
Shougang Fushan Resources Group Ltd. | 1,956,000 | 507,496 | ||||||
Tiangong International Co. Ltd. | 978,000 | 572,790 | ||||||
Tianshan Aluminum Group Co. Ltd., Class A | 244,500 | 314,146 | ||||||
Tibet Summit Resources Co. Ltd. | 48,900 | 292,716 | ||||||
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co. Ltd., Class A | 635,700 | 342,716 | ||||||
Western Superconducting Technologies Co. Ltd., Class A | 25,428 | 387,820 | ||||||
Xiamen Tungsten Co. Ltd., Class A | 97,899 | 400,980 | ||||||
Yintai Gold Co. Ltd., Class A | 151,340 | 214,802 | ||||||
YongXing Special Materials Technology Co. Ltd., Class A | 21,100 | 479,734 | ||||||
Yunnan Aluminium Co. Ltd., Class A(a) | 195,600 | 328,701 | ||||||
Yunnan Tin Co. Ltd., Class A(a) | 97,800 | 284,652 | ||||||
Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Ltd., Class A | 68,000 | 1,389,421 | ||||||
32,240,500 | ||||||||
Cyprus — 0.0% | ||||||||
Atalaya Mining PLC | 66,015 | 359,088 | ||||||
Finland — 0.2% | ||||||||
Outokumpu OYJ(a) | 349,635 | 2,038,536 | ||||||
France — 0.3% | ||||||||
APERAM SA | 45,477 | 2,185,096 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) | iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF |
November 30, 2021 | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
France (continued) | ||||||||
Eramet SA(a) | 8,802 | $ | 686,905 | |||||
2,872,001 | ||||||||
Germany — 0.8% | ||||||||
Aurubis AG | 30,318 | 2,597,699 | ||||||
Salzgitter AG(a) | 34,230 | 1,012,379 | ||||||
thyssenkrupp AG(a) | 386,310 | 4,235,802 | ||||||
7,845,880 | ||||||||
India — 3.5% | ||||||||
APL Apollo Tubes Ltd.(a) | 108,069 | 1,334,564 | ||||||
Hindalco Industries Ltd. | 1,511,010 | 8,290,809 | ||||||
Jindal Stainless Hisar Ltd.(a) | 79,707 | 320,832 | ||||||
Jindal Stainless Ltd.(a) | 156,969 | 344,944 | ||||||
Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.(a) | 393,645 | 1,791,763 | ||||||
JSW Steel Ltd. | 807,339 | 6,511,041 | ||||||
National Aluminium Co. Ltd. | 798,537 | 936,487 | ||||||
Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Ltd. | 16,137 | 472,932 | ||||||
Tata Steel Ltd. | 548,658 | 7,785,034 | ||||||
Tata Steel Ltd., GDR(e) | 141,810 | 1,971,159 | ||||||
Vedanta Ltd. | 1,069,932 | 4,791,750 | ||||||
34,551,315 | ||||||||
Indonesia — 0.3% | ||||||||
Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk PT(a) | 10,904,700 | 2,782,139 | ||||||
Timah Tbk PT(a) | 2,493,900 | 274,604 | ||||||
3,056,743 | ||||||||
Japan — 4.4% | ||||||||
Daido Steel Co. Ltd. | 25,300 | 869,371 | ||||||
Dowa Holdings Co. Ltd. | 48,900 | 1,806,282 | ||||||
Hitachi Metals Ltd.(a) | 203,100 | 3,770,795 | ||||||
JFE Holdings Inc. | 489,100 | 5,574,666 | ||||||
Kobe Steel Ltd. | 293,400 | 1,399,604 | ||||||
Kyoei Steel Ltd. | 18,400 | 202,022 | ||||||
Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd. | 51,000 | 1,087,409 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. | 105,200 | 1,801,994 | ||||||
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd. | 51,700 | 1,322,624 | ||||||
Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. Ltd. | 53,540 | 786,005 | ||||||
Nippon Steel Corp. | 816,305 | 12,035,339 | ||||||
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. | 238,300 | 8,807,913 | ||||||
Toho Titanium Co. Ltd. | 48,900 | 404,557 | ||||||
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 97,800 | 1,028,902 | ||||||
UACJ Corp.(a) | 28,638 | 577,447 | ||||||
Yamato Kogyo Co. Ltd. | 48,900 | 1,493,246 | ||||||
Yodogawa Steel Works Ltd. | 19,600 | 392,958 | ||||||
43,361,134 | ||||||||
Malaysia — 0.4% | ||||||||
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd | 3,080,700 | 3,913,509 | ||||||
Mexico — 1.3% | ||||||||
Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Series B | 2,982,900 | 12,481,091 | ||||||
Netherlands — 1.8% | ||||||||
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group NV(b) | 29,829 | 831,202 | ||||||
ArcelorMittal SA | 640,590 | 17,390,639 | ||||||
18,221,841 | ||||||||
Norway — 0.8% | ||||||||
Norsk Hydro ASA | 1,284,603 | 8,319,199 | ||||||
Peru — 0.5% | ||||||||
Southern Copper Corp. | 81,174 | 4,748,679 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Poland — 0.5% | ||||||||
Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa SA(a) | 50,367 | $ | 503,458 | |||||
KGHM Polska Miedz SA | 133,497 | 4,583,022 | ||||||
5,086,480 | ||||||||
Qatar — 0.1% | ||||||||
Qatar Aluminum Manufacturing Co. | 2,625,441 | 1,296,037 | ||||||
Russia — 3.3% | ||||||||
Alrosa PJSC | 2,464,562 | 4,284,414 | ||||||
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC | 60,636 | 17,573,359 | ||||||
Novolipetsk Steel PJSC | 1,422,990 | 4,144,233 | ||||||
Severstal PAO | 198,534 | 4,209,795 | ||||||
United Co. RUSAL International PJSC(a) | 2,889,990 | 2,699,324 | ||||||
32,911,125 | ||||||||
Saudi Arabia — 0.8% | ||||||||
Saudi Arabian Mining Co.(a) | 412,716 | 7,865,762 | ||||||
South Africa — 3.3% | ||||||||
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. | 107,580 | 1,393,433 | ||||||
Anglo American Platinum Ltd. | 50,367 | 5,342,565 | ||||||
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. | 778,977 | 9,756,202 | ||||||
Kumba Iron Ore Ltd. | 61,125 | 1,730,505 | ||||||
Northam Platinum Holdings Ltd.(a) | 340,833 | 4,761,161 | ||||||
Royal Bafokeng Platinum Ltd. | 165,282 | 1,523,442 | ||||||
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. | 2,643,045 | 8,241,762 | ||||||
32,749,070 | ||||||||
South Korea — 2.3% | ||||||||
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. Ltd. | 59,169 | 704,025 | ||||||
Hyundai Steel Co. | 82,641 | 2,572,237 | ||||||
KG Dongbu Steel Co. Ltd. | 16,626 | 134,223 | ||||||
Korea Zinc Co. Ltd. | 8,313 | 3,462,379 | ||||||
Namsun Aluminum Co. Ltd.(a) | 11,175 | 21,915 | ||||||
Poongsan Corp. | 17,115 | 411,684 | ||||||
POSCO | 70,416 | 15,460,205 | ||||||
Seah Besteel Corp. | 13,692 | 210,364 | ||||||
SeAH Steel Holdings Corp. | 1 | 83 | ||||||
Young Poong Corp. | 489 | 260,627 | ||||||
23,237,742 | ||||||||
Spain — 0.2% | ||||||||
Acerinox SA | 155,502 | 1,737,681 | ||||||
Sweden — 1.4% | ||||||||
Boliden AB | 260,637 | 8,984,950 | ||||||
Granges AB | 101,712 | 1,060,817 | ||||||
SSAB AB, Class A(a) | 244,500 | 1,203,586 | ||||||
SSAB AB, Class B(a) | 555,993 | 2,415,851 | ||||||
13,665,204 | ||||||||
Switzerland — 0.0% | ||||||||
Swiss Steel Holding AG, Registered(a) | 687,401 | 263,564 | ||||||
Taiwan — 2.2% | ||||||||
Century Iron & Steel Industrial Co. Ltd. | 115,000 | 461,747 | ||||||
China Metal Products | 208,011 | 239,659 | ||||||
China Steel Corp. | 11,123,612 | 12,977,625 | ||||||
Chun Yuan Steel Industry Co. Ltd. | 475,000 | 377,712 | ||||||
Chung Hung Steel Corp. | 966,000 | 1,208,156 | ||||||
Feng Hsin Steel Co. Ltd. | 489,000 | 1,365,401 | ||||||
Hsin Kuang Steel Co. Ltd. | 200,000 | 410,114 | ||||||
TA Chen Stainless Pipe | 1,266,005 | 2,084,789 | ||||||
Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp. | 710,000 | 1,081,512 | ||||||
YC INOX Co. Ltd. | 370,263 | 416,535 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) | iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF |
November 30, 2021 | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Taiwan (continued) | ||||||||
Yieh Phui Enterprise Co. Ltd.(a) | 978,644 | $ | 837,671 | |||||
21,460,921 | ||||||||
Turkey — 0.3% | ||||||||
Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS | 1,333,992 | 2,196,642 | ||||||
Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, Class D(a) | 700,248 | 437,391 | ||||||
Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS(a) | 190,710 | 276,495 | ||||||
2,910,528 | ||||||||
United Kingdom — 6.0% | ||||||||
Anglo American PLC | 1,233,747 | 45,414,034 | ||||||
Antofagasta PLC | 377,019 | 6,892,961 | ||||||
Central Asia Metals PLC | 163,574 | 528,635 | ||||||
Eurasia Mining PLC(a) | 1,787,295 | 537,205 | ||||||
Evraz PLC | 488,511 | 3,724,076 | ||||||
Ferrexpo PLC | 281,664 | 1,082,630 | ||||||
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC | 77,751 | 1,745,475 | ||||||
59,925,016 | ||||||||
United States — 15.0% | ||||||||
Alcoa Corp. | 178,485 | 8,304,907 | ||||||
Allegheny Technologies Inc.(a)(b) | 121,272 | 1,726,913 | ||||||
Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc.(a) | 15,159 | 706,258 | ||||||
Arconic Corp.(a) | 99,267 | 2,652,414 | ||||||
Carpenter Technology Corp. | 45,966 | 1,263,146 | ||||||
Century Aluminum Co.(a)(b) | 51,834 | 685,764 | ||||||
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.(a) | 453,303 | 9,224,716 | ||||||
Commercial Metals Co. | 115,404 | 3,565,983 | ||||||
Compass Minerals International Inc. | 32,763 | 1,593,920 | ||||||
Coronado Global Resources Inc.(a)(d) | 724,209 | 566,059 | ||||||
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | 1,401,474 | 51,966,656 | ||||||
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. | 15,159 | 1,352,637 | ||||||
Materion Corp. | 19,560 | 1,655,950 | ||||||
MP Materials Corp.(a)(b) | 59,169 | 2,599,886 | ||||||
Nucor Corp. | 280,197 | 29,773,733 | ||||||
Piedmont Lithium Inc.(a)(b) | 15,159 | 909,540 | ||||||
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | 60,636 | 9,012,329 | ||||||
Ryerson Holding Corp. | 16,137 | 378,090 | ||||||
Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc., Class A | 24,939 | 1,199,566 | ||||||
Steel Dynamics Inc. | 195,111 | 11,667,638 | ||||||
SunCoke Energy Inc. | 80,196 | 488,394 | ||||||
United States Steel Corp. | 257,703 | 5,826,665 | ||||||
Warrior Met Coal Inc. | 48,900 | 1,050,861 | ||||||
Worthington Industries Inc. | 32,274 | 1,548,506 | ||||||
149,720,531 | ||||||||
Total Common Stocks — 99.0% | ||||||||
(Cost: $1,017,206,167) | . | 985,495,251 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Preferred Stocks | ||||||||
Brazil — 0.9% | ||||||||
Bradespar SA, Preference Shares, NVS | 243,521 | $ | 2,155,015 | |||||
Cia. Ferro Ligas da Bahia-Ferbasa, Preference Shares, NVS | 37,653 | 291,078 | ||||||
Gerdau SA, Preference Shares, NVS | 1,094,382 | 5,022,378 | ||||||
Metalurgica Gerdau SA, Preference Shares, NVS | 695,358 | 1,317,282 | ||||||
8,785,753 | ||||||||
Russia — 0.0% | ||||||||
Mechel PJSC, Preference Shares, NVS | 68,460 | 240,331 | ||||||
Total Preferred Stocks — 0.9% | ||||||||
(Cost: $7,318,219) | 9,026,084 | |||||||
Short-Term Investments | ||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.4% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.06%(f)(g)(h) | 3,323,738 | 3,325,068 | ||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(f)(g) | 300,000 | 300,000 | ||||||
3,625,068 | ||||||||
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.4% | ||||||||
(Cost: $3,624,677) | 3,625,068 | |||||||
Total Investments in Securities — 100.3% | ||||||||
(Cost: $1,028,149,063) | 998,146,403 | |||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.3)% | (2,547,966 | ) | ||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 995,598,437 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
(c) | Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. |
(d) | Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. |
(e) | This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. |
(f) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(g) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
(h) | All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) | iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF |
November 30, 2021 |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended November 30, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 08/31/21 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sales | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 11/30/21 | Shares Held at 11/30/21 | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares | $ | 6,852,782 | $ | — | $ | (3,526,924 | )(a) | $ | (626 | ) | $ | (164 | ) | $ | 3,325,068 | 3,323,738 | $ | 11,658 | (b) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | — | 300,000 | (a) | — | — | — | 300,000 | 300,000 | 18 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | (626 | ) | $ | (164 | ) | $ | 3,625,068 | $ | 11,676 | $ | — |
(a) | Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
(b) | All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
Description | Number
of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount (000) | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||
Long Contracts | ||||||||||||||
E-Mini Energy Select Sector Index | 8 | 12/17/21 | $ | 453 | $ | (4,416 | ) | |||||||
MSCI Emerging Markets Index | 12 | 12/17/21 | 727 | (8,791 | ) | |||||||||
$ | (13,207 | ) |
Fair Value Measurements
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:
• | Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access; |
• | Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs); and |
• | Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee’s (the “Global Valuation Committee’s”) assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments). |
The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to its most recent financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) | iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF |
November 30, 2021 |
Fair Value Measurements (continued)
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Investments | ||||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 303,665,672 | $ | 681,547,912 | $ | 281,667 | $ | 985,495,251 | ||||||||
Preferred Stocks | 9,026,084 | — | — | 9,026,084 | ||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 3,625,068 | — | — | 3,625,068 | ||||||||||||
$ | 316,316,824 | $ | 681,547,912 | $ | 281,667 | $ | 998,146,403 | |||||||||
Derivative financial instruments(a) | ||||||||||||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts | $ | (13,207 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (13,207 | ) |
(a) Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.
Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity
GDR | Global Depositary Receipt |
NVS | Non-Voting Shares |
PJSC | Public Joint Stock Company |
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