Slow new-year start for director trades
Buy value of S$1.51m down from previous week's S$1.94m; sell value of S$0.69m plunges from S$5.45m.
IT was a slow start for directors in the new year with only nine companies that recorded 16 purchases worth S$1.51 million versus two firms with three disposals worth S$0.69 million for the holiday-shortened week of Jan 3 to Jan 6. The number of purchases was unchanged but the number of firms and buy value were down from the previous week's 11 companies and S$1.94 million. On the selling side, the number of firms was unchanged but the number of trades and sell value were sharply down from the previous week's six disposals worth S$5.45 million.
Aside from directors, the buyback activity was low in the first week of the new year with onl…
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