Buys outnumbered sells, roughly 61% of overseas trades were buys.
Sell trades were fewer but higher value, with some larger investors reducing risk.
Nvidia, SpaceX, Micron, AMD and Alphabet were the five most-traded overseas stocks on Thursday, and all five had more buys than sells.
All of this week’s top 20 most-traded overseas stocks were AI or tech-related.
Anna Macdonald, Investment Strategy Director, Hargreaves Lansdown:
“Trading interest in overseas AI and technology companies has been growing all week. We’ve seen some larger investors taking risk off the table, but the average trade has been a buy with Nvidia, SpaceX, Micron, AMD, and Alphabet making up the top five. Nvidia and SpaceX are the headline names, and Micron and AMD give investors exposure to the hardware side of the story. Alphabet is interesting, too, as its shares were marked down after disappointing numbers and clients have used that as an opportunity to buy.
Overall, many of our clients are taking a long-term view and see this as a moment to get back into some of these names at a cheaper entry point.
Yesterday's sell-off looks like an overreaction. We've seen these wobbles before and we'll see them again, but investors need to focus on the fundamentals. Demand for AI isn't going away, and we expect the newly elected US officials to take a pragmatic approach to the buildout.
For patient investors, this is an opportunity to invest in high-quality companies at valuations we haven’t seen in a long time.”
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