Top ten trades
Tuesday 23 August 2011 (until noon)

Source: TD Waterhouse

TD Waterhouse view:

'Shanta Gold is one of just two new entries to the top ten tables today accounting for 3.6 per cent and 6.4 per cent of the buys and sells respectively. The Tanzania mine developer today unveiled a feasibility study that supports the development plan for the Singida mine causing its share price to increase by up to 14 per cent.

'Arm Holdings leapt from 18th to fourth place on the top ten sells accounting for 11.2 per cent after rumours arising of a potential takeover.'

BUY
1. Lloyds Banking Group, 24.6 per cent
2. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, 23.7 per cent
3. Barclays, 21.8 per cent
4. Aviva, 6.7 per cent
5= BP 4.6 per cent
5= Xstrata, 4.6 per cent
7. Arm Holdings, 4.4 per cent
8. Shanta Gold, 3.6 per cent
9. Vodafone Group, 3.2 per cent
10. Ortac Resources, 2.9 per cent

SELL
1. Lloyds Banking Group, 20.9 per cent
2. Barclays, 16 per cent
3. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, 12.8 per cent
4. Arm Holdings, 11.2 per cent
5. Gulf Keystone Petroleum, 8.6 per cent
6. Randgold Resources, 8 per cent
7. Shanta Gold, 6.4 per cent
8. Xcite Energy, 5.9 per cent
9. BP, 5.3 per cent
10. Enegi Oil, 4.8 per cent

  • The Top Twenty Buys and Sells 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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