Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC (LSE:PCT) hit a new all time high and other investment trusts including Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (LSE:SMT) and Manchester & London Investment Trust plc (LSE:MNL) enjoyed strong gains on Thursday after Nvidia's blowout results overnight.
The pair are two of the 13 London-listed investment trusts that have large holdings in the US semiconductor giant, which smashed expectations with its latest quarterlies thanks to more demand from artificial intelligence-related business.
Manchester & London has the highest weighting in its portfolio among the baker's dozen, at 22%, which helped lift its shares 4.3%.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust, PCT and Allianz Technology Trust PLC (LSE:ATT) have 9.5%, 8.4% and 7.1% weightings, according to research from the Association of Investment Companies using Morningstar data. Their shares were up between 3% and 4%.
Stonking gains for Nvidia and other big tech have led PCT to an all-time high of £29 today, ATT to a two-year high, M&L to a three-year high and SMT, the largest of the 13, to not far off a year's high.
All but two of these trusts' shares are trading on a discount to net asset value as of yesterday's closing price, with Manchester & London's one of the highest at 15%.
This is a similar discount to that seen at Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, which has £13.8 billion of assets and a 5.1% weighting to Nvidia, which would make its stake worth over £700 million.
The largest discount was at Canadian General Investments at 39%. Its stake in Nvidia is a 6.7% weighting in its portfolio.
Investment trusts with exposure to Nvidia
Investment trust · Weighting to Nvidia · Discount to NAV
Manchester & London · 22% · -15%
Martin Currie Global Portfolio · 9.5% · -2%
Polar Capital Technology · 8.4% · -11%
Allianz Technology Trust · 7.1% · -12%
Canadian General Investments · 6.7% · -39%
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust · 5.1% · -15%
Baillie Gifford US Growth · 4.6% · -15%
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income · 3.5% · +1%
JPMorgan American · 3.3% · 0%
Alliance Trust PLC (LSE:ATST) · 2.2% · -6%
F&C Investment Trust PLC (LSE:FCIT) · 1.3% · -9%
Witan Investment Trust plc (LSE:WTAN) · 1.2% · -10%
Monks Investment Trust PLC (LSE:MNKS) · 0.7% · -13%
AIC director Annabel Brodie-Smith said: “Investors looking for exposure to Nvidia should consider these investment trusts.
"Currently 11 of these trusts are trading on a discount, with eight on a double-digit discount. Of course, investors need to do their own research.
"There is no guarantee that future performance of a single company will be strong, and all of these investment trusts hold a mix of companies within their portfolios.”