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Sharesight users' top 20 trades on the NZX for 2023

by Stephanie Stefanovic, Content Manager, Sharesight | Dec 20th 2023

Each year, Sharesight looks back at the top 20 buy and sell trades made by Sharesight users throughout the year. Welcome to the 2023 edition of our annual trading snapshot, where we explore the top trades users made in stocks on the NZX this year, plus the market-moving news behind some of these stocks.

Sharesight users’ top 20 NZX trades in 2023

Top20 NZX trades 2023

In this yearly snapshot, trades were strongly led by Smartshares’ US 500 (NZX: USF) and NZ Top 50 (NZX: FNZ) ETFs.

In terms of individual stocks, trades were led by Infratil (NZX: IFT), which saw its share price rise steadily throughout Q2, largely remaining stable for the rest of 2023 and ending the year up almost 14% (as at the time of publishing).

Trades were followed by Air New Zealand (NZX: AIR), which saw its share price peak in September, following a steep decline throughout Q4, ultimately ending the year down almost 15%.

It was a varied year overall, with the top trades spanning stocks in the infrastructure, aviation, healthcare, logistics and utilities sectors.

Let’s look at the news behind some of the key stocks in this year’s snapshot:

Infratil (NZX: IFT)

Air New Zealand (NZX: AIR)

Ryman Healthcare (NZX: RYM)

Mainfreight (NZX: MFT)

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