FTO.L Share News (FTO)

Coal mine developer GCM Resources' non-executive chairman Gerard Holden has bought nearly £45,000 worth of shares in the company.He took 50,000 at 89p a time. The shares closed at 92p going into the weekend. GCM is hoping to develop the Phulbari Coal project in Bangladesh, pending approval from the South Asian country's government.Directors at the firm are to be given shares if certain milestones are achieved, including approval for the project. Holden is to receive 100,000.Top Director BuysSymphony International Holdings (SIHL) Director name: Mr Pierangelo BottinelliAmount purchased: 275,000 @ $0.47 Value: $129,250Frontera Resources Corporation (FRR) Director name: Mr Stephen E McGregorAmount purchased: 560,925 @ 11.00p Value: £61,702Frontera Resources Corporation (FRR) Director name: Mr Andrew J SzescilaAmount purchased: 560,925 @ 11.00p Value: £61,702Frontera Resources Corporation (FRR) Director name: Mr Luis GiustiAmount purchased: 560,925 @ 11.00p Value: £61,702Frontera Resources Corporation (FRR) Director name: Mr Spyros N KarnessisAmount purchased: 560,925 @ 11.00p Value: £61,702Frontera Resources Corporation (FRR) Director name: Mr Lan BentsenAmount purchased: 420,694 @ 11.00p Value: £46,276GCM Resources (GCM) Director name: Mr Gerard HoldenAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 89.00p Value: £44,500Fortune Oil (FTO) Director name: Mr Frank AttwoodAmount purchased: 278,437 @ 8.00p Value: £22,275S & U (SUS) Director name: Mr Mark HepplewhiteAmount purchased: 3,000 @ 480.00p Value: £14,400Top Director SellsSerco Group (SRP) Director name: Mr Kevin S BeestonAmount sold: 506,112 @ 503.30p Value: £2,547,262Finsbury Worldwide Pharmaceutical Trust (FWP) Director name: Mr Samuel D IsalyAmount sold: 50,000 @ 582.00p Value: £291,000Banco Santander SA (BNC) Director name: Mr Manuel Soto SerranoAmount sold: 25,000 @ 1,009.45p Value: £252,362Banco Santander SA (BNC) Director name: Mr Manuel Soto SerranoAmount sold: 12,637 @ 1,000.28p Value: £126,405Banco Santander SA (BNC) Director name: Mr Manuel Soto SerranoAmount sold: 12,363 @ 1,000.28p Value: £123,665Mattioli Woods (MTW) Director name: Mr Murray Beveridge SmithAmount sold: 60,000 @ 205.00p Value: £123,000Henry Boot (BHY) Director name: Mr Douglas GreavesAmount sold: 50,000 @ 94.50p Value: £47,250