(Sharecast News) - OPG Power Ventures was at the top of the list of buyers on Friday, after it disclosed a £0.6m sale-and-purchase made by the Gupta family, of which its chairman Arvind Gupta is a member.
The AIM-traded developer of power projects in India said three companies controlled by the family sold 8,903,617 shares at 6.5p each, netting them a total of £600,994.17.
At the same time, another company controlled by the family purchased 8,903,617 shares at 6.75p each.
As a result of the transactions, the Gupta family's shareholding in OPG was unchanged at 206,432,166 shares, or 51.51% of its total issued share capital.
On the selling side of things was food company Kerry Group, which disclosed a sale worth more than a quarter-of-a-million euros.
The London-listed company said executive director Gerry Behan had sold 2,602 shares for €96.02 each, valuing the transaction at a total of €250,468.53 (£209,819.06).
It said the sale was made on the back of a vesting of shares under its short- and long-term incentive plans, which saw Behan collecting 10,403 shares in the company.
Top Director Buys
Opg Power Ventures (OPG)
Director name: Gupta,Arvind
Amount purchased: 8,903,617 @ 6.75p
Value: £600,994.17
Balfour Beatty (BBY)
Director name: Quinn,Leo
Amount purchased: 78,740 @ 239.54p
Value: £188,613.80
Mycelx Technologies Corporation (di) (MYX)
Director name: Lamb,Tom
Amount purchased: 267,175 @ 50.00p
Value: £133,587.50
Man Group (EMG)
Director name: Cryan ,John
Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 261.79p
Value: £104,715.88
Admiral Group (ADM)
Director name: Roberts,William Â"BillÂ"
Amount purchased: 3,000 @ $33.53
Value: $82,947.14
Northbridge Industrial Services (NBI)
Director name: Harris,Peter R
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 169.00p
Value: £33,800.00
Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS)
Director name: Bossi ,Antonio
Amount purchased: 172,414 @ 17.00p
Value: £29,310.38
Volution Group (FAN)
Director name: Hollingworth,Paul
Amount purchased: 4,778 @ 418.57p
Value: £19,999.05
Mycelx Technologies Corporation (di) (MYX)
Director name: Schnabl ,André
Amount purchased: 38,167 @ 50.00p
Value: £19,083.50
Mycelx Technologies Corporation (di) (MYX)
Director name: Mixon,Connie
Amount purchased: 38,167 @ 50.00p
Value: £19,083.50
Srt Marine Systems (SRT)
Director name: Tucker,Simon Richard
Amount purchased: 30,165 @ 33.11p
Value: £9,987.93
Jersey Electricity 'a' Shares (JEL)
Director name: Dorman,Wendy
Amount purchased: 1,700 @ 585.00p
Value: £9,945.00
Macfarlane Group (MACF)
Director name: Gulvanessian,Aleen
Amount purchased: 7,915 @ 125.59p
Value: £9,940.45
Itv (ITV)
Director name: Manz,Anna
Amount purchased: 12,226 @ 81.18p
Value: £9,925.32
Audioboom Group (BOOM)
Director name: Tobin,Michael
Amount purchased: 526 @ 1,880.00p
Value: £9,888.80
Iofina (IOF)
Director name: Baller,Lance J
Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 17.50p
Value: £8,750.00
Bp (BP.)
Director name: Auchincloss,Murray
Amount purchased: 102 @ 371.55p
Value: £378.98
Bp (BP.)
Director name: Looney,Bernard
Amount purchased: 83 @ 371.55p
Value: £308.39
Schroders (SDR)
Director name: Harrison ,Peter
Amount purchased: 7 @ 3,006.39p
Value: £210.45
Schroders (SDR)
Director name: Keers,Richard
Amount purchased: 7 @ 3,006.39p
Value: £210.45
Judges Scientific (JDG)
Director name: Lavelle,Mark
Amount purchased: 3 @ 6,290.00p
Value: £188.70
Sabre Insurance Group (SBRE)
Director name: Carter,Geoffrey Richard
Amount purchased: 75 @ 200.92p
Value: £150.69
Centrica (CNA)
Director name: OÂ'Shea,Chris
Amount purchased: 193 @ 77.85p
Value: £150.25
Centrica (CNA)
Director name: Ringrose ,Kate
Amount purchased: 193 @ 77.85p
Value: £150.25
Firstgroup (FGP)
Director name: Mangold,Ryan
Amount purchased: 149 @ 100.30p
Value: £149.45
Team17 Group (TM17)
Director name: Crawford ,Mark
Amount purchased: 30 @ 494.00p
Value: £148.20
Easyjet (EZJ)
Director name: Jarvis,Kenton
Amount purchased: 29 @ 510.96p
Value: £148.18
Mj Hudson Group Npv (MJH)
Director name: Connell,Peter
Amount purchased: 449 @ 33.00p
Value: £148.17
Croda International (CRDA)
Director name: Maiden,Jez K
Amount purchased: 2 @ 7,160.00p
Value: £143.20
Croda International (CRDA)
Director name: Foots,Steve
Amount purchased: 2 @ 7,160.00p
Value: £143.20
Judges Scientific (JDG)
Director name: Cicurel,David
Amount purchased: 2 @ 6,290.00p
Value: £125.80
Judges Scientific (JDG)
Director name: Ormsby,Bradley Leonard
Amount purchased: 2 @ 6,290.00p
Value: £125.80
Glaxosmithkline (GSK)
Director name: Walmsley,Emma
Amount purchased: 8 @ 1,532.37p
Value: £122.59
Centrica (CNA)
Director name: Ringrose ,Kate
Amount purchased: 22 @ 74.38p
Value: £16.36
Top Director Sells
Kerry Group 'a' Shares (cdi) (KYGA)
Director name: Behan,Gerry
Amount sold: 2,602 @ 96.26
Value: 250,468.53
Opg Power Ventures (OPG)
Director name: Gupta,Arvind
Amount sold: 3,795,447 @ 6.50p
Value: £246,704.05
Opg Power Ventures (OPG)
Director name: Gupta,Arvind
Amount sold: 2,839,085 @ 6.50p
Value: £184,540.52
Opg Power Ventures (OPG)
Director name: Gupta,Arvind
Amount sold: 2,269,085 @ 6.50p
Value: £147,490.52
Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS)
Director name: Bossi ,Antonio
Amount sold: 172,414 @ 17.00p
Value: £29,310.38