Top trades by New Zealand Sharesight users — March 2025
Welcome to the March 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 March 2025
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This month, the top trades were strongly led by the Smartshares US 500 ETF (NZX: USF). Compared to the previous months, March was a weaker month for ETF trading, with only 7 of the top 20 trades consisting of ETFs. March marked a month of increased trading in US tech stocks, as well as stocks listed on the NZX.
Most-traded stocks in March 2025
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This month’s top-traded stocks were led by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), which saw its share price hit a 52-week low during a challenging period for US tech stocks. The top trades were followed by NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), which recorded fluctuating share prices throughout March but largely continued on a downward trend, experiencing its most significant drawdown since 2022.
Let’s look at some of the market-moving news behind some of this month’s top stocks:
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)
- Microsoft share price hits 52-week low amid challenging market
- Microsoft considers developing high-end gen AI platform
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)
- NVIDIA share price sees biggest monthly drop since September 2022
- Will NVIDIA plummet further in 2025?
Air NZ (NZX: AIR)
- Air NZ share price drops following CEO’s resignation announcement
- Air NZ unveils premium wine label, prepares for new business class launch
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)
- Tesla share price down 50% from its peak in December 2024
- CEO tells employees to hold onto their shares amid massive selloff, predicts ‘bright’ future despite backlash
- Tesla board members, executive, offload over US$100 million-worth of shares
Meta (NASDAQ: FB)
- EU to fine Meta US$1 billion for breaching antitrust rules
- Meta could face ad market slowdown as tariffs shake the industry
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)
- Amazon doubles down on AI agent technology as share prices decline
- Plans to reduce middle management
Ryman Healthcare (NZX: RYM)
- Ryman Healthcare completes NZ$1 billion capital raise
- Share price rebounds from 13-year low
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