(Sharecast News) - At the top of the list of FTSE 350 director sells on Tuesday was AstraZeneca, whose chief financial officer sold almost $1.5m worth of the company's American depositary shares.

The pharmaceuticals giant said Aradhana Sarin sold 19,470 of the shares on 5 May, at a price of $74.81 each.

That valued the transaction at a total of $1,456,550.70.

Two of AstraZeneca's American depositary shares are equivalent to one of its ordinary shares, the firm said in its disclosure.

On the buying side of things, the non-executive chair of InterContinental Hotels Group was also dealing in American depositary instruments, spending almost $0.35m.

The owner of brands including Holiday Inn said Deanna Oppenheimer acquired 5,000 of its American depositary receipts on the New York Stock Exchange on 8 May.

Oppenheimer paid $68.89 for each ADR, valuing the purchase at $344,450 in total.

At 1437 BST, shares in AstraZeneca were up 0.11% in London at 11,884p, while those in InterContinental Hotels Group were 0.6% firmer at 5,442p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

DIRECTOR SELLS

Company: AstraZeneca

Name: Aradhana Sarin

Volume: 19,470

Price: $74.81

Value: $1,456,550.70

Company: London Stock Exchange Group

Name: York Holdings II

Volume: 9,048

Price: 8,359.77p

Value: £756,391.99

DIRECTOR BUYS

Company: InterContinental Hotels Group

Name: Deanna Oppenheimer

Volume: 5,000

Price: $68.89

Value: $344,450.00

Company: CRH

Name: Christina Verchere

Volume: 1,000

Price: 3,824.4p

Value: £38,244.00

Company: Videndum

Name: Andrea Rigamonti

Volume: 3,500

Price: 789.86p

Value: £27,645.07

Company: InterContinental Hotels Group

Name: Graham Allan

Volume: 300

Price: 5,418.36p

Value: £16,255.09

Company: Marshalls

Name: Martyn Coffey

Volume: 10,000

Price: 156p

Value: £15,600.00

Company: InterContinental Hotels Group

Name: Duriya Farooqui

Volume: 200

Price: $68.625

Value: $13,725.00

Company: InterContinental Hotels Group

Name: Daniela Barone Soares

Volume: 150

Price: 5,427.55p

Value: £8,141.33

Company: Marshalls

Name: Alison Lockwood

Volume: 3,763

Price: 164p

Value: £6,171.32

Company: Marshalls

Name: Amanda Bourne

Volume: 1,062

Price: 280p

Value: £2,973.60

Company: CMC Markets

Name: Euan William Marshall

Volume: 164

Price: 181.99p

Value: £298.46

Company: CMC Markets

Name: David John Fineberg

Volume: 164

Price: 181.99p

Value: £298.46

Company: Moneysupermarket.com Group

Name: Matthew Cresswell

Volume: 56

Price: 267.3p

Value: £149.69

Company: Moneysupermarket.com Group

Name: Peter Duffy

Volume: 56

Price: 267.3p

Value: £149.69

Company: Moneysupermarket.com Group

Name: Matthew Whittle

Volume: 38

Price: 267.3p

Value: £101.57