(ShareCast News) - Costain's newly appointed chairman Paul Golby purchased more than £111,000 worth of shares in the engineer on the day it released strong first-half trading update. Golby, formerly chief executive and chairman of big-six energy provider E.On, bought 35,000 shares at a price of 317.44p per share.Costain said trading during the first half has been strong and that it was on course to deliver an annual result in line with expectations.A record order book of £3.9bn is also over 5% higher than a year ago, with repeat orders continuing to represent more than 90% of the order book. The group also has a preferred bidder position of over £400m and tendering levels remain high. Top Director BuysBank Of Ireland (governor & Company Of The) (BKIR)Director name: Kennedy ,Patrick Amount purchased: 2,000,000 @ € 0.19Value: € 376,500.01British Land Company (BLND)Director name: Grigg,ChrisAmount purchased: 24,626 @ 599.60pValue: £147,657.49Costain Group (COST)Director name: Golby CBE FREng,PaulAmount purchased: 35,000 @ 317.44pValue: £111,104.00Datatec Ltd. (di) (DTC)Director name: Dittrich,IvanAmount purchased: 45,745 @ R43.72Value: R104,389.18Arrow Global Group (ARW)Director name: Drury,TomAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 197.14pValue: £98,570.00Arrow Global Group (ARW)Director name: Drury,TomAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 197.14pValue: £98,570.00British Land Company (BLND)Director name: Bell,Lucinda Amount purchased: 12,020 @ 599.60pValue: £72,071.92British Land Company (BLND)Director name: Maudsley,Charles Amount purchased: 12,020 @ 599.60pValue: £72,071.92British Land Company (BLND)Director name: Roberts,Timothy AndrewAmount purchased: 11,727 @ 599.60pValue: £70,315.09Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY)Director name: McWhinney,DeborahAmount purchased: 105,600 @ $0.76Value: $61,574.33Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY)Director name: Dickinson,AlanAmount purchased: 100,000 @ 56.11pValue: £56,106.00Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY)Director name: Watson,AnthonyAmount purchased: 100,000 @ 55.69pValue: £55,689.00Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY)Director name: McWhinney,DeborahAmount purchased: 94,400 @ $0.76Value: $55,081.77Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY)Director name: Henry,SimonAmount purchased: 100,000 @ 53.59pValue: £53,587.00Nb Distressed Debt Investment Fund Limited (NBDD)Director name: Sherwell,ChristopherAmount purchased: 40,000 @ 62.00pValue: £32,302.00Elementis (ELM)Director name: Waterman ,Paul Amount purchased: 10,000 Value: $25,763.85Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY)Director name: Culmer,GeorgeAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 56.46pValue: £28,230.00Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY)Director name: Colombás ,Juan Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 56.42pValue: £28,209.00Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY)Director name: Frew,AnitaAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 55.01pValue: £27,506.40Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY)Director name: Frew,AnitaAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 54.97pValue: £27,486.40Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY)Director name: Frew,AnitaAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 54.96pValue: £27,478.90Phaunos Timber Fund Ltd. (PTF)Director name: Studholme ,Henry Amount purchased: 66,000 @ $0.39Value: $25,740.00Dfs Furniture (DFS)Director name: Mayhew,LukeAmount purchased: 11,800 @ 210.74pValue: £24,866.87Berkeley Group Holdings (the) (BKG)Director name: Wadley,VeronicaAmount purchased: 1,000 @ 2,398.00pValue: £23,980.00Hiscox Limited (di) (HSX)Director name: Jansen,ErnstAmount purchased: 2,288 @ 997.00pValue: £22,811.36Hiscox Limited (di) (HSX)Director name: MacDonald,AnneAmount purchased: 2,195 @ 997.00pValue: £21,884.15Shire Plc (SHP)Director name: Blakemore ,DominicAmount purchased: 450 @ 4,463.06pValue: £20,083.77Fidelity Special Values (FSV)Director name: Foster,NigelAmount purchased: 10,000 @ 183.55pValue: £18,354.87Grainger (GRI)Director name: Richards,BelindaAmount purchased: 7,134 @ 209.03pValue: £14,912.20Vesuvius (VSVS)Director name: Goh,HockAmount purchased: 5,000 @ 296.00pValue: £14,800.00Volution Group (wi) (FAN)Director name: Reading,Anthony JAmount purchased: 10,000 @ 1.449pValue: £14,490.00Bank Of Ireland (governor & Company Of The) (BKIR)Director name: Muldoon,FionaAmount purchased: 75,000 @ € 0.19Value: € 13,875.00Hiscox Limited (di) (HSX)Director name: Keogh,Colin DAmount purchased: 1,316 @ 997.00pValue: £13,120.52Datatec Ltd. (di) (DTC)Director name: Montanana,Jens PAmount purchased: 100,000 @ R43.49Value: R226,997.52Grainger (GRI)Director name: Richards,BelindaAmount purchased: 4,772 @ 207.96pValue: £9,923.85Shire Plc (SHP)Director name: Burns,WilliamAmount purchased: 190 @ 4,463.06pValue: £8,479.81Aquatic Foods Group (AFG)Director name: Quirk,Jonathan Amount purchased: 125,000 @ 6.75pValue: £8,437.50Shire Plc (SHP)Director name: Bohuon,OlivierAmount purchased: 134 @ 4,463.06pValue: £5,980.50Albion Technology & General Vct (AATG)Director name: Reeve,PatrickAmount purchased: 7,526 @ 69.58pValue: £5,236.59Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund Ltd (di) (BCGR)Director name: Haycock,Gregory DAmount purchased: 5,000 @ $1.01Value: $5,050.00Highcroft Investment (HCFT)Director name: Miles,RobertaAmount purchased: 500 @ 905.00pValue: £4,525.00Tp Group (TPG)Director name: Kings,Simon J NicholsonAmount purchased: 100,000 @ 3.49pValue: £3,490.00Non-standard Finance (NSF)Director name: Teunon ,Nick Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 59.00pValue: £2,950.00Mortgage Advice Bureau (holdings) (MAB1)Director name: Imlach,Nathan James McLeanAmount purchased: 545 @ 250.00pValue: £1,362.50Mortgage Advice Bureau (holdings) (MAB1)Director name: Verdin ,Richard Amount purchased: 474 @ 250.00pValue: £1,185.00Yu Group (YU.)Director name: Parker,Nick Amount purchased: 442 @ 227.50pValue: £1,005.553i Group (III)Director name: Wilson,JuliaAmount purchased: 31 @ 490.23pValue: £151.97Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG)Director name: Reizenstein,JohnAmount purchased: 44 @ 344.00pValue: £151.36Top Director SellsBunzl (BNZL)Director name: Hussey,Paul NicholasAmount purchased: 14,000 @ 2,261.00pValue: £316,540.01Savills (SVS)Director name: Helsby,Jeremy CAmount purchased: 28,917 @ 612.16pValue: £177,018.48Savills (SVS)Director name: Shaw,Simon J BAmount purchased: 20,870 @ 612.16pValue: £127,757.91Stagecoach Group (SGC)Director name: Griffiths,Martin AndrewAmount purchased: 37,300 @ 224.26pValue: £83,648.98Stagecoach Group (SGC)Director name: Paterson,Ross Amount purchased: 12,184 @ 224.26pValue: £27,323.84Wood Group (john) (WG.)Director name: Kemp,DavidAmount purchased: 2,028 @ 675.00pValue: £13,689.00