Firstgroup Share News (FGP)

(Sharecast News) - Passenger transport operator FirstGroup disclosed a share purchase made by its chief executive officer on Thursday, worth almost £75k.

The company said Graham Sutherland bought 80,612 shares in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange.

Sutherland paid 93.037p for each share, valuing the transaction at a total of £74,999.

On the selling side of the ledger, grocery giant J Sainsbury reported that its chief information officer had sold more than £0.21m of his shareholding.

The firm said Phil Jordan offloaded 100,000 shares in a single transaction in London, for 214.2p apiece.

That made the sale worth a total of £214,200.

Elsewhere, the deputy chief financial officer of TBC Bank's operating bank subsidiary sold £0.44m worth of shares, the company disclosed.

The company said Nino Masurashvili flogged 20,000 shares at an average price of 2,200p each.

TBC said the total value of the sale was £440,000.

At the close on Thursday, shares in FirstGroup were down 2.86% at 93.55p, while those in J Sainsbury were off 2.56% at 212.8p, and TBC Bank Group was up 1.15% at 2,190p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. (di) (OCI)

Director name: Dubens,Peter

Amount purchased: 158,950 @ 378.00p

Value: £600,831.00

Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. (di) (OCI)

Director name: Till,David

Amount purchased: 140,200 @ 378.00p

Value: £529,956.00

Natwest Group (NWG)

Director name: Rose,Alison

Amount purchased: 63,676 @ 233.16p

Value: £148,466.96

Herald Investment Trust (HRI)

Director name: Joy ,Andrew

Amount purchased: 6,000 @ 1,808.00p

Value: £108,480.00

Natwest Group (NWG)

Director name: Murray,Katie

Amount purchased: 43,415 @ 233.16p

Value: £101,226.41

Firstgroup (FGP)

Director name: Sutherland,Graham

Amount purchased: 80,612 @ 93.04p

Value: £74,998.98

Westminster Group (WSG)

Director name: Hughes ,Mark

Amount purchased: 855,000 @ 1.88p

Value: £16,074.00

Malvern International (MLVN)

Director name: Mace,Richard Christopher

Amount purchased: 200,002 @ 8.00p

Value: £16,000.16

Malvern International (MLVN)

Director name: Elliott ,Mark Westcombe

Amount purchased: 164,126 @ 8.00p

Value: £13,130.08

Malvern International (MLVN)

Director name: Carroll,Alan

Amount purchased: 164,126 @ 8.00p

Value: £13,130.08

Malvern International (MLVN)

Director name: Carroll,Alan

Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 8.45p

Value: £8,450.00

Diageo (DGE)

Director name: Ferrán,Javier

Amount purchased: 228 @ 3,629.00p

Value: £8,274.12

Malvern International (MLVN)

Director name: Elliott ,Mark Westcombe

Amount purchased: 80,551 @ 9.80p

Value: £7,894.00

Cvc Income & Growth Limited Npv Euro (CVCE)

Director name: Gilbert,Esther

Amount purchased: 7,273 @ 88.31p

Value: £7,129.21

Westminster Group (WSG)

Director name: Fowler,Peter

Amount purchased: 236,917 @ 1.45p

Value: £3,435.30

Schroder British Opportunities Trust (SBO)

Director name: OBE,Christopher Keljik,

Amount purchased: 2,894 @ 68.69p

Value: £1,987.89

Malvern International (MLVN)

Director name: Fisher,Daniel Ian

Amount purchased: 18,750 @ 8.00p

Value: £1,500.00

Allianz Technology Trust (ATT)

Director name: Patel,Neeta

Amount purchased: 233 @ 212.30p

Value: £494.66

Malvern International (MLVN)

Director name: Elliott ,Mark Westcombe

Amount purchased: 22,000 @ 1.00p

Value: £220.00

Prudential (PRU)

Director name: FitzPatrick,Mark

Amount purchased: 21 @ 903.98p

Value: £189.84

Oxford Instruments (OXIG)

Director name: Hill,Gavin

Amount purchased: 8 @ 1,966.00p

Value: £157.28

Oxford Instruments (OXIG)

Director name: Barkshire,Ian

Amount purchased: 8 @ 1,966.00p

Value: £157.28

Mj Hudson Group Npv (MJH)

Director name: Connell,Peter

Amount purchased: 1,015 @ 15.00p

Value: £152.25

Mj Hudson Group Npv (MJH)

Director name: Lahav,Odi

Amount purchased: 1,015 @ 15.00p

Value: £152.25

Qinetiq Group (QQ.)

Director name: Wadey ,Steve

Amount purchased: 41 @ 360.98p

Value: £148.00

Unilever (ULVR)

Director name: Pitkethly,Graeme

Amount purchased: 3 @ 4,027.00p

Value: £120.81

Gsk (GSK)

Director name: Walmsley,Emma

Amount purchased: 8 @ 1,396.38p

Value: £111.71

The Gym Group (GYM)

Director name: Murphy,Ann-marie

Amount purchased: 41 @ 121.48p

Value: £49.81

Top Director Sells

Smith & Nephew (SN.)

Director name: Nath,Deepak

Amount sold: 1,065 @ 1,040.78p

Value: £11,084.35

Smith & Nephew (SN.)

Director name: Nath,Deepak

Amount sold: 737 @ 1,040.78p

Value: £7,670.58