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Sharesight20 top 20 trades on ASX & NZX - April 2020

by David Olsen, Senior Marketing Manager — Content/SEO, Sharesight | Apr 28th 2020
Disclaimer: The below article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a product recommendation, or taxation or financial advice and should not be relied upon as such. Please check with your financial adviser or accountant to obtain the correct advice for your situation.

Welcome to the April 2020 edition of the Sharesight20 monthly trading snapshot, where we look at the top 20 trades on both the ASX and NZX made by Sharesight users during the month. After a particularly volatile March, Sharesight users looked for value opportunities, as well as showing continued interest in bear themed ETFs.

Here’s April’s top ASX and NZX trades.

Sharesight20 top 20 ASX trades April 2020

Top20 ASX trades April 2020

In April’s Sharesight20ASX snapshot the crown for the most traded stock again went to S&P ASX 300 index tracking ETF Vanguard Australian Shares (ASX: VAS) with investors considering recent falls in the index as a good opportunity to pick up the index at a discount. Interest in the two bear themed ETFs we first saw in March (ASX: BBOZ) & (ASX: BBUS) fell away slightly, though we also saw the BetaShares crude oil ETF (ASX: OOO) break into the monthly snapshot for the first time.

Let’s look at the news behind the other key stocks in this month’s snapshot:

Afterpay Limited (ASX: APT)

Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA)

Macquarie Group (ASX: MQG)

Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC)

Woodside Petroleum (ASX: WPL)

Webjet Limited (ASX: WEB)

Sharesight20 top 20 NZX trades April 2020

Top20 NZX trades April 2020

Let's look at the news behind some of the most trades stocks on the NZX:

Air New Zealand (NZX: AIR)

Kathmandu Holdings Limited (NZX: KMD)

Auckland International Airport (NZX: AIA)

Sharesight20 Snapshots for 2019

We recently published our Sharesight20 top 20 trades data for the 2019 calendar year across exchanges in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. You can read our 2019 Sharesight20 updates here:

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