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(Sharecast News) - RS Group was at the top of the list of director buys on Monday, after its chief executive officer picked up more than 14,000 shares.
The company said in a disclosure that Simon Pryce purchased 14,500 shares on 18 August, in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange.
Pryce paid 688p for each share, valuing the transaction at £88,760.00.
Elsewhere, Abrdn was not far below RS Group on the director purchase list, after it disclosed an investment made by a non-executive director.
The firm said Jonathan Paul Asquith bought 52,150 shares in a single transaction, also on 18 August in London.
Asquith paid 162.33p for each share, giving the transaction a gross value of £84,655.10.
At the close on Monday, shares in RS Group were up 0.78% at 702p, while those in Abrdn were down 0.71% at 160.75p.
Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.
Top Director Buys
Rs Group (RS1)
Director name: Pryce,Simon
Amount purchased: 14,500 @ 688.00p
Value: �99,760.00
Abrdn (ABDN)
Director name: Asquith,Jonathan
Amount purchased: 52,150 @ 162.33p
Value: �84,655.09
Fidelity European Trust (FEV)
Director name: Park,Milyae
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 341.25p
Value: �34,125.00
Lindsell Train Inv Trust (LTI)
Director name: Lindsell,Michael
Amount purchased: 25 @ 91,500.00p
Value: �22,875.00
Lindsell Train Inv Trust (LTI)
Director name: Lindsell,Michael
Amount purchased: 25 @ 91,000.00p
Value: �22,750.00
Insig Ai (INSG)
Director name: Bernstein,Richard
Amount purchased: 116,944 @ 18.32p
Value: �21,424.14
Power Metal Resources (POW)
Director name: Wade,Sean
Amount purchased: 3,000,000 @ 0.70p
Value: �21,000.00
Porvair (PRV)
Director name: Mills,James
Amount purchased: 3,303 @ 602.00p
Value: �19,884.06
Wh Smith (SMWH)
Director name: Sears,Marion
Amount purchased: 1,100 @ 1,374.75p
Value: �15,122.25
Helios Underwriting (HUW)
Director name: Libassi,Tom
Amount purchased: 6,500 @ 115.00p
Value: �7,475.00
Power Metal Resources (POW)
Director name: Good ,Bill Brodie
Amount purchased: 1,000,000 @ 0.70p
Value: �7,000.00
Power Metal Resources (POW)
Director name: Shaw,Edmund (Ed) Charles Frederick
Amount purchased: 1,000,000 @ 0.70p
Value: �7,000.00
Pz Cussons (PZC)
Director name: Pollard,Sarah
Amount purchased: 95 @ 159.60p
Value: �151.62
Wincanton (WIN)
Director name: Wroath,James
Amount purchased: 65 @ 231.00p
Value: �150.15
Wincanton (WIN)
Director name: Hinton,Tom
Amount purchased: 65 @ 231.00p
Value: �150.15
Pz Cussons (PZC)
Director name: Myers,Jonathan
Amount purchased: 94 @ 159.60p
Value: �150.02
Centaur Media (CAU)
Director name: Mukerji,Swagatam
Amount purchased: 375 @ 40.00p
Value: �150.00
Howden Joinery Group (HWDN)
Director name: Livingston,Andrew
Amount purchased: 20 @ 731.00p
Value: �146.20
Mitchells & Butlers (MAB)
Director name: Urban,Phil
Amount purchased: 62 @ 223.20p
Value: �138.38
Mitchells & Butlers (MAB)
Director name: Jones,Timothy (Tim) Charles
Amount purchased: 62 @ 223.20p
Value: �138.38
