Top ten trades
Thursday 25 August 2011 (until noon)
Source: TD Waterhouse

TD Waterhouse view:

'Barclays takes the top spot on the sells this morning accounting for 29.7 per cent after reporting today a significant reduction in the number of complaints it received in the first half of the year. Although the banking giant also said that complaints relating to payment protection insurance (PPI) had soared and these complaints are expected to continue rising in the second half of the year.

'Kazakhmys makes an appearance on the top ten sells today accounting for 7.3 per cent after reporting that underlying profits were 24 per cent ahead in the first half and revealed details of a $250 million buy-back programme.'

BUY
1. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, 26.8 per cent
2. Lloyds Banking Group, 24.5 per cent
3. Barclays, 22.2 per cent
4. BP, 4.9 per cent
5. Aviva, 4.2 per cent
6. Glencore International, 3.7 per cent
7. Tesco, 3.5 per cent
8= Toledo Mining, 3.4 per cent
8= Sound Oil, 3.4 per cent
8= Range Resources, 3.4 per cent

SELL
1. Barclays, 29.7 per cent
2. Lloyds Banking Group, 23.1 per cent
3. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, 18 per cent
4. Kazakhmys, 7.3 per cent
5. Glencore International, 4.3 per cent
6. Cellcast Group, 4.1 per cent
7= Sound Oil, 3.4 per cent
7= ETFS Metal Securities, 3.4 per cent
7= Petropavlovsk, 3.4 per cent
10. Strategic Natural, 3.2 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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