TD Direct Investing names the UK's most traded UK-listed companies for Wednesday 4 January (until noon).

Top ten trades
Wednesday 4 January 2012
Source: TD Direct Investing

TD Direct Investing view:

'BP is a new entry to the buys accounting for 10.2 per cent and takes first place on the sells with 20.9 per cent after it was announced that the oil giant is suing contractor, Halliburton over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
   
'Halliburton is the US firm which made the cement cap on the Deepwater Horizon well which blew, allowing millions of gallons of to spill in the ocean.'

BUY
1. Lloyds Banking Group, 17.5 per cent
2. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, 13.0 per cent
3. BP, 10.2 per cent
4= Vodafone Group, 9.5 per cent
4= Barclays, 9.5 per cent
6. Aviva, 9.0 per cent
7. Angel Mining, 8.7 per cent
8. Edenville Energy, 8.2 per cent
9. Tesco, 8.0 per cent
10. Range Resources, 6.5 per cent

SELL
1. BP, 20.9 per cent
2. Lloyds Banking Group, 19.8 per cent
3. Barclays, 16.7 per cent
4. Vodafone Group, 8.9 per cent
5. National Grid, 6.5 per cent
6. BT Group, 6.0 per cent
7. Afren, 5.8 per cent
8. Aviva, 5.6 per cent
9= Edenville Energy, 4.9 per cent
9= Kefi Minerals, 4.9 per cent

The top ten 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 Direct Investing customers, observed during the period stated.