Australia's leading investment platform provider CommSec has released data on the most traded ASX shares on its platform from last week.
Here's the data:
Brainchip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN)
BrainChip was the most traded share on the CommSec platform last week, accounting for 2.2% of total trades. Approximately 60% of these trades came from buyers, but that couldn't stop the artificial intelligence technology company's shares falling 1% over the five days. Despite this, the BrainChip share price is up almost 100% in the space of a month. This has been driven by the announcement of its first Akida IP license agreement.
Mesoblast limited (ASX: MSB)
Mesoblast shares were popular with investors last week and accounted for 2% of trades on the CommSec platform. While the buying and selling was evenly split, the buyers will certainly have been the happier group. The biotech company's shares jumped over 9% last week thanks to the release of positive data from a heart failure phase 3 trial.
Afterpay Ltd (ASX: APT)
This buy now pay later giant was responsible for 1.7% of shares on CommSec last week. And although only 40% of these came from the buy side, it couldn't stop the Afterpay share price storming almost 15% higher to a new record high. This appears to have been driven by the successful IPO of rival Affirm in the United States and a positive broker note out of Morgan Stanley.
CSL Limited (ASX: CSL)
Another ASX share that was popular with CommSec users was CSL. The biotherapeutics company's shares were attributable for 1.5% of trades on the platform, with a massive 83% coming from buyers. Unfortunately for them, the CSL share price fell 5% over the five days. This appears to have been driven by concerns over plasma collection headwinds.
Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF (ASX: NDQ)
This exchange traded fund (ETF) was popular with investors again last week and was accountable for 1.5% of trades on CommSec. Once again, the buying was strong, with 80% of trades coming from the buy side. This ETF is proving to be very popular with investors as it gives them exposure to the likes of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Tesla.
