Cadbury ended the reign of the banks at the top of the sell list in yesterday’s trades, according to this morning’s data from Barclays Stockbrokers.

Thanks to Kraft’s takeover bid, the confectioner nudged ahead of Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) on the day’s sell list at 6.2 per cent and 6 per cent respectively.

Financials, however, were still high up both the buy and sell trading lists, with Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group taking third and fourth spots in the sell list at 2.9 per cent and 2.5 per cent.

Lloyds continued to be snapped up by buyers though and the part-nationalised group attracted sufficient buyers to propel it to the top of the buy list, accounting for 6.6 per cent of all online trades, slightly ahead of rival Barclays at 6.4 per cent.

RBS (2.7 per cent), HSBC (2 per cent) and Aviva (1.4 per cent) completed a buy list dominated by financials for a third consecutive day in a row.

Taylor Wimpey found itself on the top ten for sales yesterday after enjoying a day of frantic buying activity on Monday, while Matra Petroleum made both lists for a second day on the spin.

Barclays Stockbrokers
Trading top ten
Tuesday 19 January 2010

Buys
1. Lloyds Banking Group, 6.6 per cent
2. Barclays, 6.4 per cent
3. Matra Petroleum, 2.9 per cent
4. RBS Group, 2.7 per cent
5. Desire Petroleum, 2.1 per cent
6. HSBC Holdings, 2 per cent
7. Taylor Wimpey, 1.6 per cent
8. Xstrata, 1.4 per cent
9. Victoria Oil & Gas, 1.4 per cent
10. Aviva, 1.4 per cent

Sells
1. Cadbury, 6.2 per cent
2. RBS Group, 6 per cent
3. Barclays, 2.9 per cent
4. Lloyds Banking Group, 2.5 per cent
5. Xstrata, 2.5 per cent
6. Matra Petroleum, 2.4 per cent
7. Taylor Wimpey, 1.4 per cent
8. Tesco, 1.3 per cent
9. iShares, 1.1 per cent
10. Vodafone, 1 per cent