Afterpay and Zip were among the most traded ASX shares last week

Australia’s leading investment platform provider CommSec has released data on the most traded ASX shares on its platform from last week.

Here’s the data:

This buy now pay later (BNPL) provider’s shares were the most traded on the CommSec platform by some distance. Zip shares accounted for 3% of total trades last week. However, just 39% of these came from buyers. Unfortunately for the sellers, the Zip share price recorded a sizeable 19% gain over the five days. A new chair appointment and a strong BNPL update from PayPal helped drive its shares higher.

Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF (ASX: NDQ)

This exchange traded fund (ETF) was popular with investors and accounted for 1.7% of trades on CommSec. A sizeable 78% of these trades…