(Sharecast News) - Price comparison platform Moneysupermarket disclosed a share purchase worth almost £0.1m on Friday, made by its chair.

The FTSE 250 company said Robin Freestone had bought 51,188 of its shares on the London Stock Exchange.

Freestone paid 194.37p for each share, splashing a total of £99,492.58 on the investment, reported one day after a disappointing set of numbers were released by the firm.

On the selling side of the ledger, residential landlord Grainger said its chief executive officer had sold more than £0.7m worth recently-vested incentive shares, to cover her tax liabilities.

The FTSE 250 firm said Helen Gordon had sold 247,503 shares at a price of 290.1p each, after vesting more than 500,000 shares from its 2017 and 2018 long-term incentive and deferred bonus share plans.

That sale netted Gordon £718,006.21 to remit to Her Majesty's Revenue.

Top Director Buys

Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY)

Director name: Freestone,Robin

Amount purchased: 51,188 @ 194.37p

Value: £99,492.58

Land Securities Group (LAND)

Director name: Tamhane,Manjiry

Amount purchased: 4,473 @ 793.29p

Value: £35,483.77

Wood Group (john) (WG.)

Director name: Watson,Robin

Amount purchased: 2,745 @ 239.00p

Value: £6,560.55

East Imperial (EISB)

Director name: Abimbola,Olufunke

Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 9.45p

Value: £4,725.00

Wood Group (john) (WG.)

Director name: Kemp,David

Amount purchased: 1,715 @ 239.00p

Value: £4,098.85

Coca-cola Hbc Ag (cdi) (CCH)

Director name: Bogdanovic,Zoran

Amount purchased: 158 @ 2,460.57p

Value: £3,880.61

Wood Group (john) (WG.)

Director name: Kemp,David

Amount purchased: 61 @ 244.70p

Value: £149.27

Wood Group (john) (WG.)

Director name: Watson,Robin

Amount purchased: 61 @ 244.70p

Value: £149.27

Top Director Sells

Grainger (GRI)

Director name: Gordon,Helen

Amount sold: 247,503 @ 290.10p

Value: £718,006.21

Industrials Reit Limited (MLI)

Director name: Beaumont ,James

Amount sold: 40,304 @ 196.00p

Value: £78,995.84

Lok'n Store Group (LOK)

Director name: Newman ,Neil

Amount sold: 1,400 @ 1,002.00p

Value: £14,028.00