Top ten trades
Monday 22 August 2011 (until noon)

Source: TD Waterhouse

TD Waterhouse view:
'Lloyds Banking Group takes the top spot on the top ten sells accounting for 21.6 per cent after taking three confirmed suitors through to the next stage of the bidding process for its 632 branches that the banking giant is selling.

'Another bank in the spotlight is Royal Bank of Scotland Group who moves into first place with 23.4 per cent of the buys after its share price slumped on Friday, with TD customers bagging a bargain.'

BUY
1. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, 23.4 per cent
2. Lloyds Banking Group, 22.9 per cent
3. Barclays, 21.6 per cent
4. Aviva, 10.6 per cent
5. BP, 5.5 per cent
6. Vodafone Group, 3.4 per cent
7= Gulf Keystone Petroleum, 3.3 per cent
7= Arm Holdings, 3.3 per cent
9. Kenmare Resources, 3 per cent
10. Xstrata, 2.9 per cent

SELL
1. Lloyds Banking Group, 21.6 per cent
2. Barclays, 14.7 per cent
3. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, 10.8 per cent
4. Autonomy, 10 per cent
5. Range Resources, 8.2 per cent
6= Rockhopper Exploration, 7.8 per cent
6= Centamin Egypt, 7.8 per cent
8. Solomon Gold, 6.9 per cent
9. Gulf Keystone Petroleum, 6.5 per cent
10. BP, 5.6 per cent

  • The Top Ten Trades should not be taken as a recommendation to buy or sell any particular bond or stock, and it is not intended to offer any form of advice. Instead it is simply an indication of the general buying and selling trends amongst some TD Waterhouse customers, observed during the period stated.


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