Director buying and selling flat

THE director trading was flat based on filings with the Singapore Exchange from Dec 5 to 9 with 11 companies recording 15 purchases worth S$1.59 million versus three firms with three disposals worth S$0.33 million.

The number of companies and trades were consistent with the previous week's 10 firms and 17 purchases on the buying side and two companies and three disposals on the selling side.

The buy value, however, was sharply up from the previous week's purchases worth S$0.91 million while the sell value was sharply down from the previous week's disposals worth S$9.71 million.

Aside from directors, buyback activity was flat last week with 17 companies that posted 42 repurchases wo…