Top trades by New Zealand Sharesight users — April 2026

Welcome to the April 2026 edition of Sharesight’s monthly trading snapshot for New Zealand investors, where we look at the top 20 trades made by New Zealand Sharesight users. Below we will look at the top trades overall, plus the top trades in individual stocks, which allows us to observe the broader investment trends by Sharesight users in New Zealand, while also giving us an opportunity to zoom into the most popular stocks and the market-moving news behind them.

Top trades in April 2026

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April’s top trades were led by NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), followed by Smartshares’ US 500 ETF (NZX: USF) and Vanguard’s S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: VOO). Compared to the previous month, NVDA made a significant jump in the rankings, moving from fourth place to first. At the same time, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) dropped noticeably, moving from second place to sixth. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM), Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (NYSE: SCHD), Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSE: VTI) and Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) were all new entrants to the rankings, pointing to broader diversification among NZ investors into semiconductors, dividend ETFs and total market funds.

Most-traded stocks in April 2026

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The top-traded stocks were NVDA and Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB), followed by MSFT. TSM was the biggest climber in the rankings, moving up from 14th place to fourth place. At the same time, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) had the most dramatic fall, dropping from fourth place to 16th. Coca Cola (NYSE: KO) and Spark NZ (NZX: SPK) are notable new entries, suggesting some rotation toward defensive consumer and telco companies.

Let’s look at some of the market-moving news behind some of this month’s top stocks:

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)

• NVIDIA market cap hits US$5.26 trillion — the highest in the history of publicly traded companies
• NVIDIA CEO claims AI labour displacement fears are overstated, says its “creating an enormous number of jobs”

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB)

• Rocket Lab wins contract from iQPS for three more Electron launches
• Successfully completes second dedicated JAXA mission

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)

• Microsoft pledges to invest AU$25 billion in AI in Australia
• Offers “voluntary retirement program” to 7% of US employees

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)

• Tesla share price falls as deliveries fail to meet expectations
• Share price rises as company deploys new software, CEO touts chip progress

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)

• Amazon beats earnings expectations, driven by strong cloud growth
• Share price jumps to record high on news of Meta AI chip deal

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)

• Success of new Apple CEO may depend on the company’s AI strategy
• Apple beats earnings expectations, despite iPhone sales falling short

Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU)

• Micron share price hits all-time high
• Micron pushes US Congress to put export restrictions on equipment used by Chinese competitors

Meta (NASDAQ: META)

• Meta share price drops after announcing 10% job cuts
• Meta beats earnings and revenue expectations

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