LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Among the big director purchases disclosed on Thursday was a pair of transactions worth more than £0.27m made by a board member at Vietnam Enterprise Investments.
The company said Dominic Scriven bought 50,000 shares on the London Stock Exchange on 9 May, in two equal tranches.

It said the first tranche was for 25,000 shares at a price of 544.8p each, valuing it at £136,199.25.

The second tranche of 25,000 shares was at 543p apiece, giving it a total value of £135,750.00.

London Stock Exchange Group was once again sitting solo on the list of FTSE 350 director sells, as a firm linked to one of its directors offloaded more of its holding in the company's share buyback.

It said York Holdings II sold a further 6,454 shares on 10 May for 8,420.45p each, valuing the sale at £543,455.84.

Martin Brand, a director of LSE Group, is also a director of York Holdings II, which was selling its shares as part of the third tranche of the stock exchange operator's share buyback.

At 1256 BST, shares in London Stock Exchange Group were up 0.85% at 8,520p, while those in Vietnam Enterprise Investments were 0.18% firmer at 543p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

DIRECTOR SELLS

Company: London Stock Exchange Group
Name: York Holdings II
Volume: 6,454
Price: 8,420.45p
Value: £543,455.84

DIRECTOR BUYS

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: Pete Raby
Volume: 412,782
Price: 300.4p
Value: £1,239,997.13

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: Richard Armitage
Volume: 220,705
Price: 300.4p
Value: £662,997.82

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: Maria Antoniou
Volume: 113,002
Price: 300.4p
Value: £339,458.01

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: Damien Caby
Volume: 91,544
Price: 300.4p
Value: £274,998.18

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: John Righini
Volume: 91,544
Price: 300.4p
Value: £274,998.18

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: Wendy Pryce Lewis
Volume: 74,900
Price: 300.4p
Value: £224,999.60

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: Joe Landa
Volume: 53,262
Price: 300.4p
Value: £159,999.05

Company: Vietnam Enterprise Investments
Name: Dominic Scriven
Volume: 25,000
Price: 544.8p
Value: £136,199.25

Company: Vietnam Enterprise Investments
Name: Dominic Scriven
Volume: 25,000
Price: 543p
Value: £135,750.00

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: Paul Boulton
Volume: 43,275
Price: 300.4p
Value: £129,998.10

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: Desislava Jung
Volume: 41,611
Price: 300.4p
Value: £124,999.44

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: Aniruddha Karve
Volume: 33,288
Price: 300.4p
Value: £99,997.15

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: Pete Raby
Volume: 27,375
Price: 300.4p
Value: £82,234.50

Company: Victrex
Name: Jakob Sigurdsson
Volume: 3,250
Price: 1,533.8p
Value: £49,848.43

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: Desislava Jung
Volume: 13,256
Price: 300.4p
Value: £39,821.02

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: Richard Armitage
Volume: 11,387
Price: 300.4p
Value: £34,206.55

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: Wendy Pryce Lewis
Volume: 4,245
Price: 300.4p
Value: £12,751.98

Company: Morgan Advanced Materials
Name: John Righini
Volume: 3,438
Price: 300.4p
Value: £10,327.75

Company: Rathbones Group
Name: Paul Stockton
Volume: 147
Price: 1,920p
Value: £2,822.40

Company: Barclays
Name: Matthew Fitzwater
Volume: 1,558
Price: 153.91p
Value: £2,397.95

Company: Barclays
Name: Stephen Shapiro
Volume: 1,558
Price: 153.91p
Value: £2,397.95

Company: Rolls-Royce Holdings
Name: Wendy Mars
Volume: 1,193
Price: 152.64p
Value: £1,821.00

Company: Barclays
Name: Taalib Shaah
Volume: 778
Price: 153.91p
Value: £1,197.44

Company: Rathbones Group
Name: Sarah Owen-Jones
Volume: 56
Price: 1,920p
Value: £1,075.20

Company: Rathbones Group
Name: Andrew Brodie
Volume: 20
Price: 1,920p
Value: £384.00

Company: BP
Name: Julia Emanuele
Volume: 75
Price: 488.55p
Value: £366.41

Company: BP
Name: Bernard Looney
Volume: 65
Price: 488.55p
Value: £317.56

Company: Mondi
Name: Andrew King
Volume: 22
Price: 1,289.31p
Value: £283.65

Company: Mondi
Name: Mike Powell
Volume: 22
Price: 1,289.31p
Value: £283.65

Company: Rathbones Group
Name: Jennifer Mathias
Volume: 13
Price: 1,920p
Value: £249.60

Company: Capricorn Energy
Name: Clare Mawdsley
Volume: 68
Price: 220p
Value: £149.60

Company: Rolls-Royce Holdings
Name: Rob Watson
Volume: 99
Price: 151.07p
Value: £149.56

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