(Sharecast News) - AVI Global Trust was on the list of director buys on Wednesday, after it disclosed a share purchase worth almost £40k.

The FTSE 250 company said director June Jessop picked up 20,000 shares on 13 June, in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange.

Jessop paid 196.4p for each share, valuing the transaction at a total of £39,280.

On the selling side of things, London Stock Exchange Group's share buyback programme had another entry.

The firm said York Holdings II sold back another 8,027 shares on 13 June, at a price of 8,728.51p apiece.

In its disclosure, LSE Group said Martin Brand is a director of both itself, and of York Holdings II, which is part of the share ownership structure linked to Thomson Reuters and Blackstone, created when they sold Refinitiv to LSE.

At the close on Wednesday, shares in AVI Global Trust were up 0.51% at 197.8p, while those in London Stock Exchange Group were down 0.51% at 8,658p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Avi Global Trust (AGT)

Director name: Jessop,June

Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 196.40p

Value: �39,280.00

Personal Assets Trust (PNL)

Director name: Ferguson,Iain

Amount purchased: 4,223 @ 471.19p

Value: �19,898.35

Personal Assets Trust (PNL)

Director name: Ferguson,Iain

Amount purchased: 4,223 @ 471.18p

Value: �19,897.93

Ecofin Global Utilities And Infrastructure Trust (EGL)

Director name: Nicklin ,Susannah

Amount purchased: 739 @ 200.75p

Value: �1,483.54

United Utilities Group (UU.)

Director name: Aspin,Phil

Amount purchased: 18 @ 1,061.59p

Value: �191.09

United Utilities Group (UU.)

Director name: Beardmore,Louise

Amount purchased: 17 @ 1,061.59p

Value: �180.47

Aj Bell (AJB)

Director name: Stott,Roger

Amount purchased: 48 @ 317.30p

Value: �152.31

Team17 Group (TM17)

Director name: Crawford ,Mark

Amount purchased: 43 @ 351.00p

Value: �150.93

Imi (IMI)

Director name: Twite,Roy

Amount purchased: 9 @ 1,643.00p

Value: �147.87

Imi (IMI)

Director name: Shook ,Daniel

Amount purchased: 7 @ 1,643.00p

Value: �115.01

Top Director Sells

Experian (EXPN)

Director name: Cassin ,Brian

Amount sold: 78,478 @ 2,912.86p

Value: �2,285,955.40

Experian (EXPN)

Director name: Boundy,Craig

Amount sold: 49,553 @ 2,912.86p

Value: �1,443,410.23

Experian (EXPN)

Director name: Pitchford,Lloyd

Amount sold: 48,423 @ 2,912.86p

Value: �1,410,494.90

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

Director name: Brand,Martin

Amount sold: 8,027 @ 8,728.51p

Value: �700,637.52

Judges Scientific (JDG)

Director name: Hambro,Alexander

Amount sold: 1,000 @ 94.50p

Value: �945.00