TD Waterhouse names the most traded UK-listed companies on the morning of Thursday 1 September 2011.

Top ten trades
Thursday 1 September 2011 (until noon)
Source: TD Waterhouse

TD Waterhouse view:

'Xcite Energy appears as a new entry to the top ten sells this morning accounting for 7.8 per cent, as well as edging up the buys into fourth place with 11.4 per cent. The oil exploration and development company saw its share price rise this morning by 5 per cent encouraging TD customers to trade.

'Rio Tinto is a new entry to the top ten buys today accounting for 3.8 per cent after stating that the world needs at least 100 million tonnes of additional iron ore supply each year for the next eight years to meet demand growth projections in steel making.'

BUY
1. Lloyds Banking Group, 25.7 per cent
2. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, 19.5 per cent
3. Barclays, 19.1 per cent
4. Xcite Energy, 11.4 per cent
5. Aviva, 5.2 per cent
6. Gulf Keystone Petroleum, 4.6 per cent
7. Vodafone Group, 4.2 per cent
8. Rio Tinto, 3.8 per cent
9= Glencore International, 3.2 per cent
9= Xstrata, 3.2 per cent

SELL
1. Lloyds Banking Group, 30.2 per cent
2. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, 24.6 per cent
3. Barclays, 24.2 per cent
4. Xcite Energy, 7.8 per cent
5. Gulf Keystone Petroleum, 4.2 per cent
6. Tanfield Group, 2 per cent
7= Range Resources, 1.8 per cent
7= Aviva, 1.8 per cent
7= Xstrata, 1.8 per cent
10. Glencore International, 1.7 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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