SHARES in gas and electricity procurement company Inspired Energy rose last week after three directors went into the market to up their stakes.
Managing director Jane Thornton, sales director Matthew Thornton and chairman Bob Holt together bought more than 1.6 million shares in the company.
In August the company reported record first-half results and forward order book.
At the time, Thornton said the company was well placed for the current year and into 2013 to continue to build revenue streams from existing clients and new services.
• Russell Lamming, recently appointed chief executive of gold producer Goldplat, has purchased 200,000 shares at 15.65p. It represented his first purchase of shares in the group.
• Richard Bernstein, a director of Crystal Amber Asset Management, has bought 40,000 shares in investment group Crystal Amber Fund at 91.75p each. He now holds a total of 820,000 shares.
• Clem Chambers, a non-executive director of Avarae Global Coins, purchased 30,000 shares at 10.6p each, his first holding in the company.
• Mark Johnson, group IT director at Lavendon Group, has sold 25,000 shares at 144p each. He retains a stake of 75,000 shares.
• Two directors at Petroceltic, the independent oil and gas company, have bought shares.
Tom Hickey, chief financial officer of the company, and Hugh McCutcheon, a non-executive director and deputy chairman, bought 350,000 shares at 7p each.
• Abdul-Jaleel Al-Khalifa, chief executive of Dragon Oil, has bought 3,527 shares at 525.09p each. He now holds 8,241 shares in the exploration company.
• Stephen Bird, chief executive at electronics group Vitec, has sold 78,439 shares at 712p each. The company said the sale was for personal financial planning reasons.
• Several directors at satellite communications company Avanti went into the market after shares fell sharply following results. The purchasers included chief executive David Williams, who bought 8,100 shares at 305p each.