LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Wickes Group revealed on Wednesday that chairman Christopher Rogers had acquired 31,741 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed retailer.
Rogers, who took over as chairman back in January 2020, purchased the shares on Tuesday at an average price of 250.0p each, for a total value of £79,352.50.

Earlier in May, analysts at Citi initiated coverage of Wickes at 'buy' after its demerger from Travis Perkins, stating the business has been a strong outperformer within the retail home-improvement sector in the UK and said it benefited from a robust DIY demand backdrop.

As of 1635 BST, Wickes shares were up 1.39% at 254.50p.

Top Director Buys

Wickes Group (WIX)
Director name: Rogers ,Christopher
Amount purchased: 31,741 @ 250.00p
Value: £79,352.50

Parsley Box Group (MEAL)
Director name: Kuyl,Christiaan Richard David van d
Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 182.00p
Value: £54,600.00

Homeserve (HSV)
Director name: Grémillon,Olivier
Amount purchased: 3,000 @ 949.00p
Value: £28,470.00

Serinus Energy Npv (SENX)
Director name: Auld,Jeffrey
Amount purchased: 384,615 @ 2.60p
Value: £9,999.99

Serinus Energy Npv (SENX)
Director name: Fairclough,Andrew
Amount purchased: 198,412 @ 2.52p
Value: £4,999.98

Bt Group (BT.A)
Director name: Jansen ,Philip
Amount purchased: 1,085 @ 165.00p
Value: £1,790.25

Bt Group (BT.A)
Director name: Plessis,Jan du
Amount purchased: 1,084 @ 165.00p
Value: £1,788.60



Top Director Sells

Atalaya Mining (ATYM)
Director name: Liu,Hui ("Harry")
Amount sold: 3,698 @ 358.00p
Value: £13,238.84

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