(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)

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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)

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Value: £148,466.96

Herald Investment Trust (HRI)

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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)

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Malvern International (MLVN)

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Malvern International (MLVN)

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Malvern International (MLVN)

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Diageo (DGE)

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Malvern International (MLVN)

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Cvc Income & Growth Limited Npv Euro (CVCE)

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Westminster Group (WSG)

Director name: Fowler,Peter

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Value: £3,435.30

Schroder British Opportunities Trust (SBO)

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Malvern International (MLVN)

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Allianz Technology Trust (ATT)

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Value: £494.66

Malvern International (MLVN)

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Value: £220.00

Prudential (PRU)

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Value: £189.84

Oxford Instruments (OXIG)

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Oxford Instruments (OXIG)

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Mj Hudson Group Npv (MJH)

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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

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Smith & Nephew (SN.)

Director name: Nath,Deepak

Amount sold: 1,065 @ 1,040.78p

Value: £11,084.35

Smith & Nephew (SN.)

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Amount sold: 737 @ 1,040.78p

Value: £7,670.58