Barclays continues to increase its positions in Q2 clearing index ETF options for NVIDIA and other AI stocks
Barclays' total market value of holdings in the second quarter was $25.2 billion, a significant decrease from $353 billion in the previous quarter. The bank added 255 individual stocks, increased holdings in 2,747 stocks, reduced holdings in 1,176 stocks, and completely liquidated 1,047 stocks. NVIDIA was the largest holding, with approximately 100 million shares valued at about $15.932 billion, accounting for 6.32% of the portfolio. In addition, Barclays liquidated all put and call options on index ETFs
According to the disclosure by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Barclays Bank (BCS.US) submitted its second-quarter holdings report (13F) for the period ending June 30, 2025.
Statistics show that Barclays Bank's total market value of holdings in the second quarter reached $25.2 billion, down from $353 billion in the previous quarter. In the second quarter, Barclays Bank added 255 new stocks to its portfolio, increased its holdings in 2,747 stocks, reduced its holdings in 1,176 stocks, and completely sold out of 1,047 stocks. The top ten holdings accounted for 37.06% of the total market value.
Among the top five holdings, NVIDIA (NVDA.US) ranked first, with approximately 100 million shares valued at about $15.932 billion, accounting for 6.32% of the portfolio, an increase of 14.2% from the previous quarter.
Microsoft (MSFT.US) ranked second, with approximately 26.968 million shares valued at about $13.414 billion, accounting for 5.33% of the portfolio, a decrease of 2.31% from the previous quarter.
Apple (AAPL.US) ranked third, with approximately 45.526 million shares valued at about $9.34 billion, accounting for 3.71% of the portfolio, an increase of 1.91% from the previous quarter.
Amazon (AMZN.US) ranked fourth, with approximately 36.38 million shares valued at about $7.98 billion, accounting for 3.17% of the portfolio, a decrease of 9.67% from the previous quarter.
Tesla (TELA.US) ranked fifth, with approximately 20.506 million shares valued at about $6.513 billion, accounting for 2.59% of the portfolio, an increase of 10.63% from the previous quarter.
It is worth mentioning that Barclays completely sold out its put and call options on index ETFs this quarter, having sold all its put options on the S&P 500 Index ETF (SPY.US, PUT) and the Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ.US, PUT).
In terms of changes in holding proportions, the top five purchased stocks were: NVIDIA, Microsoft, Broadcom (AVGO.US), Tesla, and META.
The top five sold stocks were: SPDR S&P 500 ETF put options (SPY.US, PUT), Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF put options, SPDR S&P 500 ETF call options (SPY.US, CALL), Russell 2000 Index ETF put options (IWM.US, PUT), and Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF call options (QQQ.US, CALL)
