TD Direct Investing names the UK's most traded UK-listed companies for the morning of Friday 20 January 2012.

Top ten trades
Friday 20 January 2012
Source: TD Direct Investing

TD Direct Investing view:

'Tesco remains in the top spot on the buys this morning accounting for 22.5 per cent. The supermarket giant received a boost from Warren Buffet who has upped his stake from 3.21 per cent to 5.08 per cent, giving shares a helping hand which started the week (Monday 16 Jan) at 319.25 and had reached 328.80 by mid-morning today.

'Leed Petroleum entered the top ten buys in second place with 14.2 per cent after its share price dropped with TD customers making the most of the cheaper shares.'

BUY
1. Tesco, 22.5 per cent
2= Leed Petroleum, 14.2 per cent
2= Llods Banking Group, 14.2 per cent
4. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, 12.8 per cent
5. Barclays, 7.7 per cent
6. Gulf Keystone Petroleum, 7.6 per cent
7= Falkland Oil & Gas, 5.7 per cent
7= BP, 5.7 per cent
9. Essar Energy, 4.9 per cent
10. Vodafone Group, 4.7 per cent

SELL
1. Lloyds Banking Group, 24.7 per cent
2. Barclays, 23.0 per cent
3. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, 17.2 per cent
4. Leed Petroleum, 7.6 per cent
5. Aviva, 6.4 per cent
6. Tesco, 5.5 per cent
7. Gulf Keystone Petroleum, 5.1 per cent
8. BP, 3.9 per cent
9. Falkland Oil & Gas, 3.6 per cent
10. Xcite Energy, 3.0 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.