(Sharecast News) - British American Tobacco was at the top of the list of director buys on Thursday, after a non-executive director bought more than $0.12m worth of shares.

The multinational cigarette giant said Krishnan 'Kandy' Anand purchased 3,605 shares on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday.

Anand paid $41.65 for each share, spending $123,807.24 in the process.

British American Tobacco said the shares were purchased under the joint names of Kandy Anand and Radhika Anand - a 'person closely associated' under the disclosure rules.

Reporting by Josh White at Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

British American Tobacco (BATS)

Director name: Anand,Krishnan

Amount purchased: 3,605 @ $41.65

Value: $123,807.24

Conduit Holdings Limited Com Shs (di) (CRE)

Director name: Eckert,Neil David

Amount purchased: 29,197 @ 342.03p

Value: £99,861.42

Tern (TERN)

Director name: Ritchie,Ian

Amount purchased: 560,000 @ 12.41p

Value: £69,496.00

Wizz Air Holdings (WIZZ)

Director name: Broderick,Andrew S

Amount purchased: 3,075 @ 2,165.00p

Value: £66,573.75

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited (SEQI)

Director name: Drayson,Timothy (Tim)

Amount purchased: 58,000 @ 86.59p

Value: £50,221.04

Gsk (GSK)

Director name: Barron ,Hal

Amount purchased: 2,436 @ $21.15

Value: $42,474.83

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited (SEQI)

Director name: Drayson,Timothy (Tim)

Amount purchased: 45,000 @ 88.15p

Value: £39,667.50

Serinus Energy Npv (SENX)

Director name: Auld,Jeffrey

Amount purchased: 98,000 @ 10.20p

Value: £9,996.00

Pharos Energy (PHAR)

Director name: Brown,Jann M

Amount purchased: 30,033 @ 21.80p

Value: £6,547.19

Pharos Energy (PHAR)

Director name: Rivett,Sue

Amount purchased: 4,473 @ 21.80p

Value: £975.11

Top Director Sells

Severn Trent (SVT)

Director name: Garfield ,Olivia (Liv)

Amount sold: 37,222 @ 2,912.78p

Value: £1,084,195.97

Severn Trent (SVT)

Director name: Bowling ,James

Amount sold: 16,820 @ 2,912.78p

Value: £489,930.04

Halma (HLMA)

Director name: Williams,Andrew

Amount sold: 5,754 @ 2,246.00p

Value: £129,234.83

Halma (HLMA)

Director name: Ronchetti,Marc

Amount sold: 3,664 @ 2,246.00p

Value: £82,293.44