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Latest figures from online broker, The Share Centre, yet again show banks featuring in the buy and sell column as far as private investors are concerned.
RBS found itself in both columns as investors took differing views on whether its £12 billion rights issue is worth taking up or whether it would be better to wait for the share price to go ex-rights.
Top purchase however was Severn Trent - the water company's possible £36 million fine (set to be imposed by Ofwat) providing some visibility to investors looking to buy on the basis that most of the bad news could now be out of the way.
Also featuring in the top five purchases were Vodafone, HBOS and Barclays.
On the sell side RBS was followed by Tesco, BHP Billiton, Barclays and Vodafone.
The ratio of buys to sells was 81:19.
The top 5 most searched for companies on www.share.com were: RBS, Barrett Developments, Barclays, HBOS and British Airways.
28 April 2008 © Moneyextra.com
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