LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Two director share purchases disclosed to the market in London on Monday involved insiders at the Conygar Investment Company and Aptamer Group.
The Conygar Investment Company said that its non-executive chairman Nigel Hamway acquired 120,000 ordinary shares on 10 January at a price of 42.38p each.

Following the purchase, Hamway's total holding increased to 1,396,700 shares, representing 2.34% of the company's issued share capital.

Aptamer Group meanwhile reported that Tim Sykes, non-executive director, purchased 2,667,868 shares on 13 January for 0.3369p apiece.

The acquisition brought Sykes' total beneficial holding to 5,171,720 shares, equivalent to 0.26% of the firm's issued share capital.

Both transactions were conducted on-market on the London Stock Exchange.

At 1451 GMT, shares in the Conygar Investment Company were down 3.53% at 41p, while those in Aptamer Group were up 9.09% at 0.36p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

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