(Sharecast News) - Advertising giant WPP was on the list of director buys on Monday, after a non-executive director picked up 4,000 shares.

The company said Simon Dingemans bought the shares in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange on 7 August.

Dingemans paid 820.1215p for each share, valuing the transaction at £32,804.86.

On the selling side of the ledger was IG Group, after a number of its directors exercised share options granted under its sustained performance plan, and subsequently sold some of them.

The firm said June Felix exercised options over 75,797 shares and sold 35,696 shares, while Jon Noble sold all of the shares he picked up, totalling 60,348.

Matt Brief exercised options over and then sold 87,786 shares, while Barbara Duffy did the same over 13,632 shares, and Svilen Ivanov picked up 47,476 shares before selling 22,358 of them.

Matt Macklin exercised 48,935 options and sold the shares, with Joe McCaughran doing similar with 82,453 options.

Finally, Katherine Whitton exercised options over 24,695 shares, and sold 11,630 of them afterwards.

All share sales were made at a price of 677.9212p per share, IG Group said in its regulatory disclosure.

At 1624 BST, shares in WPP were down 0.71% at 812.2p, while those in IG Group Holdings were ahead 0.29% at 690p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Ninety One (N91)

Director name: McFarland,Kim Mary

Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 164.97p

Value: �82,485.40

Ninety One (N91)

Director name: Toit,Hendrik du

Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 163.20p

Value: �81,600.30

Gaming Realms (GMR)

Director name: Blandford,Mark

Amount purchased: 203,190 @ 34.99p

Value: �71,096.18

Sysgroup (SYS)

Director name: Chae,Heejae

Amount purchased: 150,000 @ 28.50p

Value: �42,750.00

Gaming Realms (GMR)

Director name: Blandford,Mark

Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 35.00p

Value: �35,000.00

Wpp (WPP)

Director name: Dingemans,Simon

Amount purchased: 4,000 @ 820.12p

Value: �32,804.86

Gaming Realms (GMR)

Director name: Blandford,Mark

Amount purchased: 75,000 @ 35.00p

Value: �26,250.00

Gaming Realms (GMR)

Director name: Blandford,Mark

Amount purchased: 72,523 @ 35.00p

Value: �25,383.05

Bt Group (BT.A)

Director name: Key,Matthew

Amount purchased: 19,900 @ 113.00p

Value: �22,487.00

Gaming Realms (GMR)

Director name: Blandford,Mark

Amount purchased: 69,025 @ 32.43p

Value: �22,384.81

Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT)

Director name: Bohuon,Olivier

Amount purchased: 218 @ 5,900.00p

Value: �12,862.00

Gaming Realms (GMR)

Director name: Massion ,Anna

Amount purchased: 33,250 @ 35.43p

Value: �11,780.47

Capita (CPI)

Director name: Miles ,Claire

Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 21.25p

Value: �4,250.00

Ig Group Holdings (IGG)

Director name: Felix,June

Amount purchased: 266 @ 675.46p

Value: �1,796.73

(MET1)

Director name: Owen,Jonathan

Amount purchased: 22,687 @ 4.36p

Value: �989.15

(MET1)

Director name: Owen,Jonathan

Amount purchased: 16,986 @ 4.34p

Value: �737.19

(MET1)

Director name: Owen,Jonathan

Amount purchased: 9,512 @ 4.71p

Value: �448.02

Miton Uk Microcap Trust (MINI)

Director name: Dicks,Peter

Amount purchased: 31,778 @ 0.55p

Value: �174.78

Rathbones Group (RAT)

Director name: Stockton,Paul

Amount purchased: 9 @ 1,710.00p

Value: �153.90

Rathbones Group (RAT)

Director name: Mathias,Jennifer

Amount purchased: 9 @ 1,710.00p

Value: �153.90

Tesco (TSCO)

Director name: Murphy,Ken

Amount purchased: 55 @ 252.30p

Value: �138.77

Rathbones Group (RAT)

Director name: Stockton,Paul

Amount purchased: 9 @ n/a

Value: n/a

Rathbones Group (RAT)

Director name: Mathias,Jennifer

Amount purchased: 9 @ n/a

Value: n/a

Top Director Sells

Ig Group Holdings (IGG)

Director name: Noble,Jon

Amount sold: 60,348 @ 677.92p

Value: �409,111.89

Ig Group Holdings (IGG)

Director name: Felix,June

Amount sold: 35,696 @ 677.92p

Value: �241,990.75