TD Direct Investing names the UK's most traded UK-listed companies for the morning of Monday 16 January 2012.

Top ten trades
Monday 16 January 2012 (until noon)
Source: TD Direct Investing

TD Direct Investing view:

'Carnival Plc, owner of cruise ship Costa Concordia which sank off the coast of Italy on Friday, leapt into fourth place in the buys table. The US-UK listed company announced to the market this morning that the cost of the disaster could be as much as $90 million simply as a result of the boat being out of action until the end of the year. However, the long term effect could be greater, particularly given the first quarter of the year is the peak season for travel bookings.

'Robert Wiseman Dairies entered the top ten sells in sixth place as the firm announced a deal to sell the family-owned business to German dairy group Müller for £279.5 million. The Wiseman family began selling milk from a family farm in East Kilbride in 1944 and now produces milk for the Co-op, Sainsbury’s and Tesco amongst others.'

BUY

1. Tesco, 21 per cent
2. Gulf Keystone Petroleum, 19 per cent
3. Range Resources, 9.1 per cent
4. Carnival, 5 per cent
5= Rockhopper Exploration, 4.7 per cent
5= Xcite Energy, 4.7 per cent
7. Royal Bank of Scotland, 4.3 per cent
8. Falkland Oil and Gas, 4.2 per cent
9. Lloyds Banking, 3.5 per cent
10. Red Emperor Resources, 3.2 per cent

SELL

1. Gulf Keystone Petroleum, 20 per cent
2. Royal Bank of Scotland, 9.4 per cent
3. Range Resources, 8.3 per cent
4. Barclays, 7.8 per cent
5. Lloyds Banking, 7.1 per cent
6. Robert Wiseman Dairies, 6.3 per cent
7= Rockhopper Exploration, 5.6 per cent
7= Aviva, 5.6 per cent
9. Jubilee Platinum, 4.6 per cent
10. Tesco, 3.1 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.