UK Shares Trades

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The Weekly Top 10 Share Buys and Sells - 5 Oct 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	BP
2	Encore Oil	Lloyds Banking Group
3	Lloyds Banking Group	Royal Bank of Scotland Group
4	BP	Barclays
5	Regal Petroleum	Encore Oil
6	Royal Bank of Scotland Group	Rockhopper Exploration
7	Nighthawk Energy	Nighthawk Energy
8	Caza Oil & Gas	Caza Oil & Gas
9	Xcite Energy	Xstrata
10	Matra Petroleum	Gulf Keystone Petroleum

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Darren Hepworth, Trading Director, TD Waterhouse comments, 5 Oct 10:

“Oil and gas explorers captured the attention of our online spread betting clients this week, making up 46% of our top ten buys, as investors reacted to positive test results and corporate developments in the week ended Tuesday 5 October.

“Encore Oil (EO) jumped from fifth to second in the buys after announcing promising results from a sidetrack well in its Cladhan oil field in the North Sea.

“Meanwhile, AIM-listed Caza Oil & Gas (CAZ), a Texas-based oil explorer focused on the US southwest, placed eighth in both the buys and sells after its share price was lifted by new finds at its 158 #1 well in Texas.

“In addition, two oil explorers entered the top ten this week following the departure of senior management. UK-registered oil firm Nighthawk Energy (HAWK), which has operations across the US mid-continent, entered both the top ten buys and sells in seventh position after its founder and managing director David Bramhill retired from the industry, causing Nighthawk’s share price to wobble.

“Regal Petroleum (RPT) placed fifth on the buys after chief executive David Greer stepped down following poorer than expected production from the firm’s Ukrainian gas wells.

“Other popular oil exploration stocks include North Sea-focused Xcite Energy (XEL) and Central Europe-focused Matra Petroleum (MTA), which propped up the buys in ninth and tenth place respectively.

“Energy and mining trades in general remain firm favourites across the board with our customers, accounting for 62% of the week’s overall top ten trading activity.

“Selling BP (BP) was the most popular trade this week, accounting for 31% of sells, after the oil major pledged some of its assets in the Gulf of Mexico as collateral towards the $20bn claims fund set up in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP’s share price recovered 6.5% over the week to close at 432.5p on Tuesday 5 October.

“Outside of the resources sector, spread traders continued to focus on the banking sector as the New Economics Foundation published a report suggesting that a further round of bank bailouts may be required in 2011.

“Barclays (BARC) was the most-bought stock overall, accounting for 20% of our top ten buys, and also placed fourth on the sells list. Lloyds (LLOY) was the second most-sold stock behind BP, also placing third among the buys, while RBS (RBS) was sixth among the buys and third among the sells.”

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The Weekly Top 10 Share Buys and Sells - 28 Sep 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	Solomon Gold	Solomon Gold
2	Lloyds Banking Group	Lloyds Banking Group
3	Barclays	Royal Bank of Scotland Group
4	BP	Xstrata
5	Encore Oil	Gulf Keystone Petroleum
6	Gulf Keystone Petroleum	Barclays
7	Desire Petroleum	Desire Petroleum
8	Argos Resources Ltd	Rockhopper Exploration
9	Red Rock Resources	BP
10	Rockhopper Exploration	Encore Oil

Darren Hepworth, Trading Director, TD Waterhouse comments, 28 Sep 10:

“Solomon Gold (SOLG) has not just made a comeback, it has stolen the top spot in both the buys and sells tables this week.

“The stock accounts for 16.4% of our overall top ten trades this week after shares in the Solomon Islands and Australia based gold miner sky-rocketed almost 300% on the back of last week’s promising gold results at its Fauro Island project.

“Last Thursday, the 23rd September, when the AIM-listed miner announced positive assay results from its recent surface sampling, the company’s share price reached an impressive 81p intraday-high, before closing at just above 50p.

“But Solomon Gold is not the only popular spread betting choice this week. The resources industry as a whole continues to pique the interest of our retail investors, with energy and mining stocks accounting for a phenomenal 74% of the top ten buys and 69% of the sells this week.

“Two new stocks from the sector entered the buys table this week. Oil and gas group Encore Oil (EO), which has signed a rig contract ahead of plans to begin further drilling in the UKCS Central North Sea Block.

“In addition, mineral exploration company Red Rock Resources (RRR), which gained nearly 80% to hit a record high of 7.475p per share on Monday (27 Sep).

“Overall retail trading activity has increased by 8% since last week with buying the decided strategy of choice by our customers. This week’s buy trades are not only 65% ahead of the sells, but there has also been a 12% increase in the number of shares bought since the week ended 21 September.

“Finally, the banks remain a popular choice, accounting for 28% of this week’s top ten, with Lloyds (LLOY) at second position in both tables. Last week the black horse announced that Scotland is continuing its economic recovery according to its survey results.

“Meanwhile, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has descended one place to become the third most popular sell and dropped off the top ten buys altogether this week. Barclays (BARC) continues to remain popular this week, climbing up one place in the sells but down two places in the buys.”

The above content does not constitute investment advice. This report is not a recommendation to buy or sell these stocks. Neither Online-Spread-Betting.com nor TD Waterhouse accepts any responsibility for any use that may be made of the above.

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The Weekly Top 10 Share Buys and Sells - 21 Sep 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	Gulf Keystone Petroleum	Royal Bank of Scotland Group
3	Desire Petroleum	Gulf Keystone Petroleum
4	Rockhopper Exploration	Desire Petroleum
5	BP	Rockhopper Exploration
6	Lloyds Banking Group	BP
7	Royal Bank of Scotland Group	Barclays
8	Xcite Energy Ltd	Xstrata
9	Central Rand Gold	Encore Oil
10	Argos Resources Ltd	Centamin Egypt

Darren Hepworth, Trading Director, TD Waterhouse comments, 21 Sep 10:

“Our online spread betting clients focused heavily on the resources sector in the week ended Tuesday 21 September, with energy and mining companies taking up seven places on both the top ten buys and sells tables.

“Overall trading of resources stocks was up 78% from the previous week, with buys outnumbering sells by a ratio of 3:2.

“Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) was the most traded resources stock, reaching second position in the buys and third in the sells, after an unconfirmed report claimed that the AIM-listed Iraq-focused oil explorer is looking to graduate to the main market of the London Stock Exchange.

“Falklands-focused oil explorers Rockhopper Exploration (RKH) and Desire Petroleum (DES) attracted attention after Rockhopper announced positive results from its Sea Lion discovery well in the North Falkland Basin.

“Desire Petroleum placed third in the buys and fourth in the sells, and Rockhopper fourth in the buys and fifth in the sells, as both companies’ share prices surged. Argos Resources (ARG), another Falklands-based oil explorer, entered the buys in tenth place.

“Other popular oil and gas stocks included BP (BP), which nudged one place higher to fifth among the buys and dropped from fourth to sixth among the sells. Encore Oil (EO) slipped from eighth to ninth on the sells list, while oil explorer Xcite Energy (XEL) entered the buys list in eighth after announcing plans to issue new share capital.

“Gold prices continue to hit new highs, reaching a record settlement of $1,273.80 per ounce on Thursday 16 September, which increased investor interest in mining companies.

“South African gold mining firm Central Rand Gold (CRND) entered the buys in ninth place as its share price rose in line with record gold prices. Australian minerals exploration firm Centamin Egypt (CEY), which owns the Sukari gold project in Eastern Egypt, entered the sells in tenth after increasing its reserves figure by 28%, which boosted its share price.

“While the resources sector dominated trading overall, weakness in the banking sector dragged the UK’s benchmark FTSE 100 index to a negative finish on Friday 17 September, with Barclays (BARC) and Lloyds (LLOY) retaining their positions at the head of the buys and sells respectively.”

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The Weekly Top 10 Share Buys and Sells - 13 Sep 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	Lloyds Banking Group	Royal Bank of Scotland Group
3	Gulf Keystone Petroleum	Barclays
4	Royal Bank of Scotland Group	BP
5	Encore Oil	Xstrata
6	BP	Gulf Keystone Petr
7	Herencia Resources	Aviva
8	ARM Holdings	Encore Oil
9	Blinkx Plc	Herencia Resources
10	Yell Group	Desire Petroleum

Darren Hepworth, Trading Director, TD Waterhouse comments, 13 Sep 10:

“Spread betting account holders continued to increase their trading activity as the FTSE 100 resumed its rally in the week ended Tuesday 14 September.

“Banks returned as the main focus for investors, accounting for 53% of all trades, as the top three banks outperformed the FTSE 100 after the Basel III agreement on bank regulation turned out to be less onerous on the sector than was feared.

“Barclays (BARC) was the week’s most-bought stock as it was announced that Barclays Capital chief Bob Diamond will take the helm of the overall banking group next year. The bank also dropped from second to third on the sells list.

“Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), meanwhile, was the most-sold stock for the eighth week in a row and climbed from fifth to second place among the buys, as a UBS analyst argued that the bank was “over-capitalised” after last year’s £13.5bn rights issue.

“Selling energy and mining stocks was also a popular trade among TD Waterhouse customers, with the resources sector accounting for six of the top ten sells. BP (BP) stock had a volatile week as the oil giant said that it would delay its third quarter results announcement by a week because of difficulties in calculating the cost of the Gulf of Mexico spill.

“BP remained in fourth place among the sells and dropped from second to sixth among the buys. Mining firm Xstrata (XTA), and oil explorers Encore Oil (EO) and Desire Petroleum (DES) took the fifth, eighth and tenth positions respectively among the sells.

“Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), however, shot up from tenth place to third on the buys list, after its share price rose 12% on strong interim results. The oil explorer also rose from eighth to sixth on the sells.

“UK-based minerals firm Herencia Resources (HER) made its debut in the top ten, placed seventh among the buys and ninth among the sells after tests showed high copper and silver grades at the firm’s Paguanta project in Chile.

“Finally, two tech stocks re-entered the buys list this week. Microchip designer Arm Holdings (ARM) took eighth place in a week when RBS reiterated its “buy” recommendation on the firm and Arm’s directors and executives sold off shares.

“Video search service provider Blinkx (BLNX) also re-entered the top ten, in ninth place, after the announcement of two new partnerships with video publishers buoyed its share price.”

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The Weekly Top 10 Share Buys and Sells - 7 Sep 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	Yell Group	Lloyds Banking Group
2	BP	Barclays
3	Barclays	Royal Bank of Scotland Group
4	Royal Bank of Scotland Group	BP
5	Lloyds Banking Group	Xstrata
6	Sirius Exploration	Yell Group
7	Connaught	Aviva
8	Berkeley Mineral Resources	Gulf Keystone Petroleum
9	Victoria Oil & Gas	GlaxoSmithKline
10	Gulf Keystone Petroleum	Rio Tinto

Darren Hepworth, Trading Director, TD Waterhouse comments, 7 Sep 10:

“Overall, our total customer trades increased by 59% this week, as the FTSE’s rally came to an end closing 31.4 points down on Tuesday 7 September to finish at 5407.8, prior to its quarterly reshuffle.

“Banks were knocked off the top two buying spots by Yell Group (YELL) and old timer BP (BP).

“Shares in Yell Group, publisher of the Yellow Pages, surged last Thursday (2 September) after rumours emerged of a possible takeover for the heavily indebted company.

“Yell hit the top spot in the buys and sixth place in the sells table as its shares soared to their highest since February this year, increasing by 13% in a day, to close the day at 17.79p. However, analysts offered a range of other reasons for the rise including traders returning to work after the summer holidays and looking for cheap deals, or investors shorting the stock, of which about 16% was on loan.

“The resources sector continues to pique investor interest with some new energy and mining stocks entering the tables this week.

“The only London-listed potash mining group, Sirius Exploration (SXX.L), entered at sixth place in this week’s buys table after securing exploration application licences on two new tenements in Western Australia.

“Another new buy stock from the sector was Zambian mining group, Berkeley Mineral Resources (BMR), which last month proposed to raise a further £275,000 by placing 18.3m shares at a price of 1.5p per share.

“In addition, Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG), which was one of the leading performers among the small caps in the FTSE100 this week, crept into ninth position in the buys table.

“Meanwhile our spread betting account holders decided to sell out of Rio Tinto (RIO). The Australian mining giant scrambled into tenth place on the sells table after shares fell on the back of weaker demand from China and news that the company had agreed to cut the price it would receive for its iron ore from Japanese steel makers.

“Finally, pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) re-entered the sells in ninth having last risen to this position during the week ending 18 August.

“Trading volumes increased with the recommendation by UK regulators that Glaxo’s controversial diabetes drug Avandia should be removed from the UK market, following concerns it can aggravate heart problems in certain users.”

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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

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.”

The above content does not constitute investment advice. This report is not a recommendation to buy or sell these stocks. Neither Online-Spread-Betting.com nor TD Waterhouse accepts any responsibility for any use that may be made of the above.

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The Weekly Top 10 Share Buys and Sells - 24 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	BP	Lloyds Banking Group
2	Lloyds Banking Group	BP
3	Royal Bank of Scotland Group	Royal Bank of Scotland Group
4	Xstrata Plc	Gulf Keystone Petr
5	Gulf Keystone Petr	Rockhopper Exploration
6	Barclays	Barclays
7	Aviva	Connaught
8	Petropavlovsk Plc	Xstrata Plc
9	Vedanta Resources	Dana Petroleum
10	Eurasian Natural	Aviva

Darren Hepworth, Trading Director, TD Waterhouse comments, 24 Aug 10:

“The resources sector came under renewed focus this week, accounting for over half of the top ten trades on our spread betting platform.

“As commodity prices fell on disappointing US housing data, retail investors took positions on mining stocks, oil producers and explorers in the week ended Tuesday 24th August.

“BP (BP) was our most traded stock this week; accounting for over a quarter (28%) of the top ten buys. BP also accounted for 15% of the week’s top sells, putting it in second place after Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY).

“The oil major’s share price sagged in a week when crude oil prices dropped below $72 per barrel, the lowest levels for over two months.

“Elsewhere in the oil sector, Falklands-focused oil explorer Rockhopper Exploration (RKH) climbed to fifth from last week’s eighth position in our top ten sells after announcing that its Ernest prospect in the North Falkland Basin has not found hydrocarbons.

“Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum (DNX) entered the sells list in ninth position after Korea National Oil Corporation launched a hostile takeover bid which lifted the share price by 6%. The state-run oil firm claims it has the support of just over 48% of shareholders for the offer.

“Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) also benefited from interest in oil explorers, placing it fifth on the buys and fourth on the sells.

“Mining stocks also attracted our customers’ interest in a week filled with merger and acquisition activity. Xstrata (XTA) re-entered the top ten buys in fourth position and rose from tenth to eighth on the sells list, after the resources giant made an offer for West African focused iron ore company Sphere Minerals.

“Russian mining group Petropavlovsk (POG) entered the buys as our eighth most bought stock after asset manager BlackRock increased its stake in the group.

“Kazakh mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corp (ENRC) just made the top ten buys in tenth position after purchasing African mining assets from an Israeli mining entrepreneur.

“Finally, Vedanta Resources (VED) entered the buys list in ninth place, after the Indian steel and mining firm had its long term issuer default rating downgraded by rating agency Fitch in response to its $9.6bn bid for Cairn India.”

The above content does not constitute investment advice. This report is not a recommendation to buy or sell these stocks. Neither Online-Spread-Betting.com nor TD Waterhouse accepts any responsibility for any use that may be made of the above.

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The Weekly Top 10 Share Buys and Sells - 17 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	Lloyds Banking Group	Lloyds Banking Group
2	Royal Bank of Scotland Group	Barclays
3	Vodafone Group	Royal Bank of Scotland Group
4	Barclays	Connaught
5	BP	BP
6	Connaught	Gulf Keystone Petroleum
7	Gulf Keystone Petroleum	Aviva
8	Aviva	Rockhopper Exploration
9	ROK	GlaxoSmithKline
10	Caza Oil & Gas	Xstrata

Darren Hepworth, Trading Director, TD Waterhouse comments, 17 Aug 10:

“Lloyds (LLOY) topped both the buys and sells list this week as our spread betting customers continued to trade heavily in financial stocks.

“Banks and insurers accounted for 48.3% of the top ten buy and sell trades in the week ended Wednesday 17th August, with buys outnumbering sells by almost two to one.

“Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) took second place on the buys list and third place on the sells list as it offloaded a £1.4bn loan portfolio book to a fund manager as part of its ongoing divestment of non-core operations.

“Barclays (BARC) was the fourth most-bought and second most-sold stock after announcing layoffs at Barclays Capital, its investment banking arm.

“Insurer Aviva (AV) remained popular among our customers, coming in eighth in the buys list and seventh in the sells, after RSA made a £5bn offer for its general insurance business.

“While the offer was rejected, some Aviva shareholders are now pressuring the insurance giant to realise value by selling off valuable units.

“Connaught plc (CNT) rose from seventh to fourth in the sells list and dropped from fifth to sixth position in the buys list after Lloyds confirmed that it would not seek to sell off its debt exposure to the beleaguered support services company, sending Connaught’s share price up 11%.

“Troubled construction firm Rok (ROK), meanwhile, found itself fending off comparisons to Connaught in a week when the firm suspended its finance director and issued a profit warning.

“This followed an accountancy firm uncovering serious failings in financial controls of Rok’s plumbing, heating and electrical business. As a result its share price dropped 29%, with interest from customers pushing it to ninth on the buys list.

“Finally, Vodafone (VOD) moved from last week’s tenth most popular sell to this week’s third most popular buy as Indian regulators deferred a decision on whether to ban Blackberry services, which Vodafone provides, on national security grounds.”

The above content does not constitute investment advice. This report is not a recommendation to buy or sell these stocks. Neither Online-Spread-Betting.com nor TD Waterhouse accepts any responsibility for any use that may be made of the above.

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The Weekly Top 10 Share Buys and Sells - 10 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	BP	Lloyds Banking Group
2	Royal Bank of Scotland Group	Royal Bank of Scotland Group
3	Lloyds Banking Group	BP
4	Barclays	Barclays
5	Connaught	Gulf Keystone Petroleum
6	Gulf Keystone Petroleum	Aviva
7	Aviva	Connaught
8	United Utilities	Xstrata Plc
9	Taylor Wimpey	Taylor Wimpey
10	Unilever	Vodafone Group

Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse comments, 10 Aug 10:

“Overall trading by our online spread betting customers jumped by 50% this week as the FTSE 100 traded above 5,400 points following a series of profit announcements by high street lenders, and as oil supermajor BP found new buying support.

“Sell trades among our customers most popular stocks rose 52.4% in the week ended Tuesday 10th August, while buys rose 48%.

“BP, Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) took the top three positions in both lists and accounting for 55.5% of our overall top ten trades for the week.

“Trading in financial stocks rose 52% amid earnings announcements by the three main high street lenders, RBS, Lloyds and Barclays (BARC). Overall, financial stocks were the dominant sector in this week’s trading activity, with sells increasing across all three banks, although Barclays and RBS also saw an increase in buys.

“Lloyds held on to pole position in the top ten sells, with sell volumes for Lloyds stock almost double those of the next most-sold stock, RBS.

“Among other financial services companies, Aviva (AV) re-entered the top ten buys and top ten sells after the insurer reported a 21% increase in operating profit and said that it expects to generate £1.5bn of capital this year.

“BP leapt back to first position in the top ten buys list this week as shares in the oil company continued to climb from their lows reached in late June following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

“The increase in buy trades came as the Financial Times reported the results of a poll that showed Britons are more supportive of the company than their counterparts overseas.

“Connaught (CNT) remained heavily traded at fifth in the top ten buys and seventh in the top ten sells as shares in the support services company continued to plunge on concern about the impact of government public spending cuts.

“Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey (TW) also remained a popular trade in the wake of its first-half earnings announcement on 3rd August.

“Elsewhere, Unilever (ULVR) was a new entry to the top ten buys after the owner of the Flora, Persil and Ben & Jerry’s brands, announced a smaller-than-expected increase in second-quarter sales.”

The above content does not constitute investment advice. This report is not a recommendation to buy or sell these stocks. Neither Online-Spread-Betting.com nor TD Waterhouse accepts any responsibility for any use that may be made of the above.

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'UK Shares Trades', Feature by D. Jones, last update: 5-Oct-10

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Lloyds Banking Group, which is part-owned by the British government, was once again the most-bought stock in our top ten as...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 19

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 18, 7-May-10,
The number of our spread trading clients speculating on BP shares jumped more than fourfold as a slump in the stock wiped billions off the...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 18

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 17, 27-Apr-10,
Xstrata (XTA) held on to fourth position among the top ten buys ahead of the Switzerland-based mining company's...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 17

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 16, 20-Apr-10,
Meanwhile Tesco (TSCO) leapt into fifth place on the buys table after sparkling results on Tuesday (20 April). The supermarket behemoth beat forecasts with...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 16

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 15, 13-Apr-10,
Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) crept into seventh place in this week's top ten buys, accounting for 6.5%, following revelations that...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 15

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 14, 6-Apr-10,
Xstrata advanced one position in the sells table this week to knock Barclays down to fourth place as sells in the miner were...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 14

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 13, 1-Apr-10,
Banking sector trades held the top spot with 56% of the overall top ten, lead by Lloyds Banking Group, which accounted for...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 13

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 12, 23-Mar-10,
There was little positive news for Rio Tinto, which was the seventh most popular sell trade among our customers as a number of its executives went on trial in...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 12

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 11, 16-Mar-10,
Sells in RBS were 5% higher than buys as our spread betting account holders looked to cash in on a 38.51% (12.17p) rise in the...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 11

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 10, 9-Mar-10,
Sells continued to exceed buys by 27% this week, led by Barclays following news that it is on the lookout for a US retail bank to...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 10

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 9, 2-Mar-10,
TD Waterhouse spread betting customers swooped in to snap up Prudential shares as they fell by 110.30p (18.08%) over the past week as...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 9

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 8, 23-Feb-10,
Desire Petroleum climbed to third and fifth place in the top ten buys and sells respectively, holding more than a quarter (26%) of the...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 8

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 7, 16-Feb-10,
Miner Rio Tinto appeared in fifth and tenth place of the sells and buys respectively following the release of better than expected...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 7

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 6, 9-Feb-10,
Telecoms company Vodafone dialled into sixth place in this week's top ten sells as customers cashed in on its highest...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 6

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 5, 2-Feb-10,
Customers have been seeking a bargain in BP as the London-based oil giant accounted for 17% of the top ten buys. It climbed eight places to become...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 5

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 4, 26-Jan-10,
Mining sector buys also remain a popular strategy this week, with Rio Tinto climbing to sixth place in the buys table. The mining industry's...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 4

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 3, 19-Jan-10,
Unsurprisingly Cadbury entered this week's top ten - becoming the second highest sell - after finally agreeing to a takeover deal with...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 3

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 2, 12-Jan-10,
Investors appear to have been blown away by the Government's proposal to open nine offshore green-energy sites as wind power firm Sea Energy made its first...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 2

UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 1, 5-Jan-10,
The Top 10 Buys and Sells trading information from TD Waterhouse shows that...see: UK Share Trading Index 2010 - Week 1

UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 51, 15-Dec-09,
Crude Oil giant and customer favourite Xstrata reached fourth and eighth place in this week's sells and buys tables, respectively after announcing plans to...see: UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 51

UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 50, 8-Dec-09,
Banks still dominate the tables accounting for 60% and 68% of the most popular buys and sells respectively. Mining sector stocks have...see: UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 50

UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 49, 1-Dec-09,
The mining sector, accounted for more than a quarter (26%) of the top ten buys and sells. Gulf Keystone Petroleum was the most popular mining stock, reaching fourth place in both the buys and sells tables after it reported...see: UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 49

UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 48, 24-Nov-09,
Lloyds Banking Group remains the most popular sell as shareholders mull the banks upcoming £13.5bn rights issue in a desperate bid to escape the Government's £260bn Asset Protection Scheme. The banking giant accounted for a...see: UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 48

UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 47, 17-Nov-09,
Trades of Vodafone and BT shares accounted for 12% of our top ten buys and sells, with BT in particular reaching seventh place in the top ten sells this week. A hike in BT's share price seems to have...see: UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 47

UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 46, 10-Nov-09,
Buys remained 12% ahead of sells this week as the property and energy & mining sectors proved to be popular choices for TD Waterhouse customers. Oil and gas producer Afren made a rare...see: UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 46

UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 45, 3-Nov-09,
There is no escaping the banks with the long awaited restructuring of Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group finally announced, to contrasting reactions. Shares in RBS closed 2.72p lower at...see: UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 45

UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 44, 27-Oct-09,
Old favourite Kazakhmys re-entered the buys at ninth place (and 10th in the sells) after a one week absence. The international mining and metals company has seen some volatility in its share price over the past few weeks, which could explain why the company sits in both buys and sells tables. Kazakhmys nursed a loss on...see: UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 44

UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 43, 20-Oct-09,
This week's top ten trades suggest our customers have been looking to refresh their investment portfolios with new stocks entering the tables from other sectors also. Oil and gas company Nostra Terra is a new entrant in this week's tables with a buy to sell ratio of nearly 2 to 1. The company was...see: UK Share Trading Index 2009 - Week 43

UK Share Trading Index, 21-Oct-10,
UK Share Trading Index: Index of UK shares trading articles with the weekly UK share Top Ten Buys and Sells from TD Waterhouse...see: UK Share Trading Index

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