(Sharecast News) - Tate & Lyle revealed on Thursday that non-executive director Jeffrey Carr had acquired 10,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed food and beverage business.

Carr, who joined the board of Tate & Lyle in March, purchased the shares on Wednesday at an average price of 624.0p each, for a total value of £62,400.

As of 1700 BST, Tate & Lyle shares were up 2.60% at 650.0p

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

North American Income Trust (the) (NAIT)

Director name: Edwardson,Patrick

Amount purchased: 83,755 @ 297.00p

Value: £248,752.35

Taseko Mines Limited Npv (di) (TKO)

Director name: Pickering,Kenneth

Amount purchased: 46,500 @ $3.17

Value: $121,551.09

Gsk (GSK)

Director name: Barron ,Hal

Amount purchased: 2,859 @ $38.74

Value: $91,330.27

Tate & Lyle (TATE)

Director name: Carr,Jeffrey

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 624.00p

Value: £62,400.00

Blackrock Income And Growth Investment Trust (BRIG)

Director name: Proudfoot,Graeme

Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 188.50p

Value: £37,700.00

Gsk (GSK)

Director name: Walmsley,Emma

Amount purchased: 1,881 @ 1,493.18p

Value: £28,084.66

Hornby (HRN)

Director name: Raeburn,Oliver

Amount purchased: 39,952 @ 25.00p

Value: £9,988.00

Burberry Group (BRBY)

Director name: Cozzani,Alessandra

Amount purchased: 1,100 @ 747.00p

Value: £8,217.00

Gelion (GELN)

Director name: Cheryl Morton,Joycelyn

Amount purchased: 17,999 @ 26.11p

Value: £4,699.54

Coca-cola Hbc Ag (cdi) (CCH)

Director name: Bogdanovic,Zoran

Amount purchased: 170 @ 2,709.70p

Value: £4,612.48

Blackrock Greater Europe Inv Trust (BRGE)

Director name: Subacchi ,Paola

Amount purchased: 191 @ 618.29p

Value: £1,180.93

Top Director Sells

Ashtead Group (AHT)

Director name: Riches,Lucinda

Amount sold: 4,000 @ 5,480.33p

Value: £219,213.21

Bytes Technology Group (BYIT)

Director name: Holden,Andrew

Amount sold: 5,169 @ 496.00p

Value: £25,638.24