(Sharecast News) - London Stock Exchange was on the list of director buys on Thursday, after an independent non-executive director was linked to a purchase.

The company said board member Ashok Vaswani and their close associate Veena Vaswani picked up 581 shares on 21 August, in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange.

They paid 805.736p for each share, giving the transaction a total value of £46,813.26.

Wood Group also disclosed a non-executive director transaction on Thursday, after a board member bought more than $25,000 worth of shares.

The firm said Susan Steele added 13,000 shares to their holding on 22 August, at a price of $1.99 each.

That valued the investment at a total of $25,870.

At 1616, shares in London Stock Exchange Group were up 0.52% at 8,170p, while those in John Wood Group were ahead 1.89% at 156.7p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

Director name: Vaswani,Ashok

Amount purchased: 581 @ 8,057.36p

Value: �46,813.26

Zinc Media Group (ZIN)

Director name: Satterthwaite,Christopher

Amount purchased: 33,783 @ 88.80p

Value: �29,999.30

Wood Group (john) (WG.)

Director name: Steele,Susan

Amount purchased: 13,000 @ $1.99

Value: $21,332.56

Insig Ai (INSG)

Director name: Bernstein,Richard

Amount purchased: 50,050 @ 18.50p

Value: �9,259.25

Aterian (ATN)

Director name: Roger,Luke

Amount purchased: 787,500 @ 1.00p

Value: �7,875.00

Cohort (CHRT)

Director name: Walther,Simon

Amount purchased: 1,000 @ 509.70p

Value: �5,096.98

Seen (SEEN)

Director name: Hargrave,Adrian

Amount purchased: 204,081 @ 2.45p

Value: �4,999.98

Seen (SEEN)

Director name: Hargrave,Adrian

Amount purchased: 150,000 @ 2.00p

Value: �3,000.00

Zinc Media Group (ZIN)

Director name: Browning,Mark

Amount purchased: 151,515 @ 0.13p

Value: �189.39

Zinc Media Group (ZIN)

Director name: Sawyer,Will

Amount purchased: 118,558 @ 0.13p

Value: �148.20