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Top 20 ASX trades by Sharesight users – April 2022

by Stephanie Stefanovic, Content Manager, Sharesight | Apr 27th 2022

Welcome to the April 2022 edition of Sharesight’s monthly ASX trading snapshot, where we look at the top 20 trades Sharesight users made on the ASX during the month.

In this snapshot, buy trades were led by Vanguard’s International Shares ETF (ASX: VGS), followed by Vanguard’s Australian Shares (ASX: VAS) ETF. In terms of individual stocks, buy trades were led by BHP (ASX: BHP), which saw its Chilean operations suffer due to protests over environmental damage allegations. At the same time, sell trades were led by Lake Resources (ASX: LKE), which saw its share price skyrocket throughout April. It was a mining-heavy month overall (including a strong emphasis on lithium stocks), with 12 of the top 20 ASX trades belonging to the mining sector.

Top 20 ASX trades April 2022

Top20 ASX monthly Apr22 (2)

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

BHP (ASX: BHP)

Core Lithium (ASX: CXO)

Lake Resources (ASX: LKE)

Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS)

Allkem (ASX: AKE)

Woodside Petroleum (ASX: WPL)

Wesfarmers (ASX: WES)

Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC)

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