Investors profited from the falls in markets immediately after the Brexit vote, with opportunistic purchases after the EU referendum dominating the share buying for the year.
Telegraph Money has compiled the most bought shares in 2016 from the leading online platforms.
We collected information from Hargreaves Lansdown, AJ Bell, Barclays Direct, Interactive Investors and the Share Centre, tracking the shares that appeared most frequently across the providers' top bought lists.
AJ Bell said that investors were more active than ever before, with the platform reaching record trading volumes in the year. The number of trades carried out since the EU referendum in June was 55pc higher than the same period last year.
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