(Sharecast News) - Prudential revealed on Friday that non-executive director Lu Ming had acquired 5,000 ordinary shares in the London-listed asset management and insurance firm.

Ming, who was appointed to the board of Prudential in May 2021, purchased the shares on Tuesday at an average price of 815.00p each, for a total value of £40,750.

As of 1600 GMT, Prudential shares were down 0.38% at 831.80p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

Invesco Asia Dragon Trust (IAD)

Director name: Dobbs,Matthew

Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 348.00p

Value: £104,400.00

Smithson Investment Trust (SSON)

Director name: Balfour ,Mike

Amount purchased: 7,000 @ 1,455.55p

Value: £101,888.57

Prudential (PRU)

Director name: Lu,Ming

Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 815.00p

Value: £40,750.00

Airea (AIEA)

Director name: Toogood,Martin

Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 29.00p

Value: £14,500.00

Airea (AIEA)

Director name: Campbell ,Conleth

Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 29.00p

Value: £11,600.00

Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE)

Director name: Exler,Dietmar

Amount purchased: 1,500 @ 340.00p

Value: £5,100.00

Pharos Energy (PHAR)

Director name: Roe,Katherine

Amount purchased: 6,218 @ 23.68p

Value: £1,472.67

Top Director Sells

Segro (SGRO)

Director name: Sleath,David J R

Amount sold: 103,343 @ 703.87p

Value: £727,400.38

Segro (SGRO)

Director name: Das,Soumen

Amount sold: 73,234 @ 703.87p

Value: £515,472.16

Computacenter (CCC)

Director name: Norris,Michael J

Amount sold: 3,515 @ 2,554.00p

Value: £89,773.10

Alternative Income Reit (AIRE)

Director name: Smith,Adam C

Amount sold: 50,000 @ 69.00p

Value: £34,500.00

Macfarlane Group (MACF)

Director name: Atkinson,Peter

Amount sold: 29,128 @ 104.50p

Value: £30,438.76

Macfarlane Group (MACF)

Director name: Gray,Ivor

Amount sold: 15,397 @ 104.50p

Value: £16,089.86