Top trades by New Zealand Sharesight users — August 2025

Welcome to the August 2025 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 August 2025

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This month, the top trades were strongly led by the Smartshares US 500 ETF (NZX: USF), followed by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA). It was a strong month for ETF trading overall, with 10 of the top 20 trades consisting of ETFs. US tech stocks were also a particular focus for New Zealand investors over the period.

Most-traded stocks in August 2025

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This month’s top-traded stocks were led by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which saw its share price climb following news that its imported goods would be exempt from US tariffs. The top trades were followed by NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), whose share price remained relatively flat throughout the month.

It should be noted that the assets in our trading snapshots are ordered by the number of Sharesight users trading that asset, while the size of the bars indicate the actual trade volume. So while there were more customers trading in AAPL, the volume of NVDA trades was higher, meaning that while there were fewer people trading in NVDA compared to AAPL, they made more trades.

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

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)

• Apple share price rises as judge rules Google can continue making payments to preload Google Search onto Apple devices
• Apple secures tariff exemption on imported goods into US after pledge to invest $100 billion into US manufacturing

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)

• NVIDIA beats earnings expectations but China uncertainty remains
• NVIDIA’s Chinese rival sees revenue surge 4,300%
• NVIDIA to pay US govt. 15% of Chinese revenue

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB)

• Rocket Lab share price up 600% YoY
• Share price rises as investor sentiment grows and space commercialisation gains traction

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR)

• Palantir share price elevates CEO to billionaire status
• Share price hits all-time high

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)

• Microsoft joins US$4 trillion club following earnings beat
• Analysts confident Microsoft can maintain momentum in cloud and AI

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)

• Amazon share price rebounds from post-Q2 earnings selloff
• Amazon catching up to Microsoft in AI race, says analyst

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)

• Tesla approves US$30 billion stock award for CEO Elon Musk
• Tesla’s Chinese EV business remains under pressure

Infratil (NZX: IFT)

• Infratil sells RetireAustralia for a loss
• Warns of valuation downgrades on Longroad Energy, Galileo

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