The Weekly Top 10 Share Buys and Sells - 31 Aug 10
The Top Ten buys and sells are measured as the total number of trades carried out in each stock by TD Waterhouse clients over the previous 7 days.
This report is not a recommendation to buy or sell these stocks.
Top Ten Buys
Top Ten Sells
1
Barclays
Lloyds Banking Group
2
Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Barclays
3
BP
Royal Bank of Scotland Group
4
Lloyds Banking Group
Barclays
5
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
Encore Oil
6
Encore Oil
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
7
Yell Group
ARM Holdings
8
Aviva
Xstrata
9
BHP Billiton
Petro Matad
10
BAE Systems
Petropavlovsk
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Darren Hepworth, Trading Director, TD Waterhouse comments, 31 Aug 10:
“The banking sector proved popular with our spread betting customers this week, with banking stocks accounting for 52% of the top ten buys.
“Overall, buys outnumbered sells by a ratio of two to one as strong results from Wall Street and UK companies nudged the FTSE slightly higher in the week ended Tuesday 31th August.
“Barclays (BARC) was the top buy and fourth most-sold stock after market rumours emerged that the bank may raise capital by issuing around ¥100bn (£770m) of Samurai Bonds.
“Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) was the most traded stock overall, taking second position on the buys list and third among the sells. This came as speculation grew that it may soon sell off its insurance unit, which must be divested by the end of 2013 according to EU rules.
“Lloyds (LLOY), meanwhile, topped the sells for the sixth consecutive week and dropped from second to fourth position in the buys.
“While buying was very much investors’ strategy of choice, this week’s trading figures also show that selling resource stocks was also a popular trade among our customers, with energy and mining firms accounting for almost half of overall top ten sells.
“Encore Oil (EO) shares jumped 17% on positive test results from an appraisal well in the Northern North Sea, with increased investor interest pushing the oil explorer to sixth in the buys and fifth in the sells.
“Meanwhile, BP (BP) dropped from first to third place among the buys but retained second place among the sells, as oil prices eased and the oil major confirmed that it no longer plans to bid for a licence to drill in the Arctic.
“Global resources company BHP Billiton (BHP) crept into the buys at ninth position this week as investors followed developments in its $39bn (£25.2bn) hostile bid for Canadian fertiliser producer PotashCorp.
“Xstrata (XTA) dropped out of the top ten buys but stayed in eighth position on the sells list, after Swiss commodities firm Glencore, its major shareholder, announced strong interim results.
“Looking away from banking and resources stocks, microchip designer Arm Holdings (ARM) entered the sells in seventh place this week after renewed takeover speculation saw its share price jump 11%. Intel has assured the firm that it will continue to support its chip designs.
“Finally, BAE Systems (BA) entered the buys in tenth position after winning a $629m contract from the US military to develop mine-resistant vehicles.”
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'UK Share Trading', Feature by D. Jones, last update: 31-Aug-10
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