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Sharesight users' top trades – December 2025

by Stephanie Stefanovic, Content Manager, Sharesight | Dec 17th 2025

Welcome to the December 2025 edition of Sharesight’s monthly trading snapshot, where we look at the top buy and sell trades by Sharesight users over the month. This month we have combined the snapshots for Australian, New Zealand and global Sharesight users, providing a short summary of investors’ most popular trades over the period. For a more detailed look at the market-moving news behind Sharesight users’ most-traded stocks in 2025, see our yearly trading snapshots for Australian, New Zealand, UK and global Sharesight users.

Top trades by global investors in December 2025

Top 20 Global dashboard (excluding AUNZ markets) (7)

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December’s global trading snapshot was led by trades in NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), which was cleared by President Trump to sell AI chips to China. The top trades were followed by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), which announced plans to invest US$17.5 billion in AI technology in India. It was a tech-heavy month overall, with most of the top trades belonging to stocks in the tech, EV, semiconductor and e-commerce sectors.

Top trades by Australian investors in December 2025

Top 20 AU dashboard (6)

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In December’s Australian trading snapshot, the top trades were led by Vanguard’s MSCI Index International Shares (ASX: VGS) and Australian Shares Index (ASX: VAS) ETFs. In terms of individual stocks, the top trade was NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), followed by WiseTech Global (ASX: WTC), which faced criticism from customers over price increases. It was an ETF-heavy month overall, with 12 of the top 20 trades consisting of ETFs.

Top trades by New Zealand investors in December 2025

Top 20 NZ dashboard (4)

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In December’s New Zealand trading snapshot, the top trades were led by the Smartshares US 500 (NZX: USF) and NZ Top 50 (NZX: FNZ) ETFs. In terms of individual stocks, the top trades were led by Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB), which saw its share price rise 25% in a week amid a series of rocket launches. Similar to our Australian trading snapshot, it was a strong month for ETF trading overall, with 11 of the top 20 trades belonging to ETFs.

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