According to the second quarter (Q2) holding report (Form 13F) submitted by Barclays Bank disclosed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as of June 30, 2024.
According to statistics, Barclays Bank's total market value of Q2 holdings reached USD 327 billion, an increase of 6.86% from the total market value of USD 288 billion in the previous quarter. Barclays Bank added 453 individual stocks to its Q2 holdings portfolio, increased its holdings in 1122 individual stocks, while reducing its holdings in 2854 individual stocks and liquidating 683 individual stocks. The top ten holdings account for 41.94% of the total market value.
Topping the list of the top five heavy-weighted stocks, $SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ holds approximately 88.327 million shares with a holding market value of approximately $48.069 billion, accounting for 14.70% of the investment portfolio, increasing 1131.85% from the previous quarter.
The Nasdaq 100 ETF call option ranked second with a holding of approximately 37.6912 million shares, with a holding market value of approximately $18.058 billion, accounting for 5.52% of the investment portfolio, increasing 212.63% from the previous quarter.
$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ ranked third with a holding of approximately 29.5665 million shares, with a holding market value of approximately $13.215 billion, accounting for 4.04% of the investment portfolio, decreasing 9.44% from the previous quarter.
$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ ranked fourth with a holding of approximately 0.102 billion shares, with a holding market value of approximately $12.585 billion, accounting for 2.78% of the investment portfolio, increasing 15.22% from the previous quarter.
$Apple (AAPL.US)$ ranked fifth with a holding market value of $56.8321 million, accounting for 3.66% of the investment portfolio, decreasing 20.74% from the previous quarter.
It is worth mentioning that Barclays Bank significantly increased its investment in Microsoft and Apple in the previous quarter. These two companies' stocks ranked first and third in their holdings in that quarter.
From the perspective of changes in holding ratios, the top five purchases are: S&P 500 index call options, Nasdaq 100 ETF call options, Russell 2000 index ETF call options, Nvidia, and iShares iBoxx high-yield corporate bond index ETF call options.
The top five sales targets are: Nasdaq China 100 ETF put options, Russell 2000 index ETF put options, S&P 500 index put options, Microsoft, and Apple.
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