Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest Buys Nearly 1.5 Million Shares of Ginkgo Bioworks

A couple of ARK Invest exchange-traded funds run by ETF star Cathie Wood made a huge buy on Wednesday. Specifically, these funds bought roughly $17 million worth of Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Inc. (NYSE: DNA), as the prices of these funds were down sharply on Wednesday.

ARK Genomic Revolution ETF (NYSEARCA: ARKG) bought 485,075 shares, while ARK Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA: ARKK) bought 995,250 shares. At Wednesday’s closing price, this would have valued the sales at roughly $16.9 million altogether. Even though this is a small fraction of their total holdings, every little bit counts. The Genomic Revolution ETF is down more than 26% and the other is down 11% in the past year.

Check out all the ARK Invest purchases for Wednesday as well:

FundTickerNameShares
ARKFSESEA25,964
ARKFTWLOTWILIO25,714
ARKFTOSTTOAST151,274
ARKFDSYSJDISCOVERY26,840
ARKGONEM1LIFE HEALTHCARE450,594
ARKGDNAGINKGO BIOWORKS485,075
ARKGVCYTVERACYTE70,279
ARKGSDGRSCHRODINGER78,197
ARKGSURFSURFACE ONCOLOGY250,000
ARKGMASS908 DEVICES52,228
ARKGSLGCSOMALOGIC39,998
ARKKZMZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS132,250
ARKKTRMBTRIMBLE251,411
ARKKTWLOTWILIO66,987
ARKKDNAGINKGO BIOWORKS995,250
ARKKMTLSMATERIALISE45,325
ARKKSGFYSIGNIFY HEALTH64,300
ARKKNTLAINTELLIA THERAPEUTICS100
ARKQBLDEBLADE AIR MOBILITY315,689
ARKQACHRARCHER AVIATION150,906
ARKQMKFGMARKFORGED123,400
ARKWZMZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS33,372
ARKXVLDVELO3D35,426

Catherine Wood, the CEO and CIO of ARK Investment Management, is a minority and nonvoting shareholder of 24/7 Wall St., owner of 247wallst.com.

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