(Sharecast News) - Vistry revealed on Tuesday that chairman and chief executive Greg Fitzgerald had acquired 87,214 ordinary shares in the London-listed construction.

Fitzgerald, who took over as CEO in 2017, purchased the shares on Monday at an average price of 569.00p each, for a total value of £496,247.66.

As of 1615 BST, Vistry shares were up 1.27% at 574.20p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (sing.reg) (HKLD)

Director name: Smith ,Michael

Amount purchased: 356,900 @ 319.50p

Value: £1,382,836.32

Eden Research (EDEN)

Director name: M. Smith,Sean

Amount purchased: 426,986 @ 234.00p

Value: £999,147.20

Eden Research (EDEN)

Director name: Abrey,Alexander John

Amount purchased: 338,509 @ 236.00p

Value: £798,881.20

Vistry Group (VTY)

Director name: Fitzgerald,Greg

Amount purchased: 87,214 @ 569.00p

Value: £496,247.66

Evoke (di) (EVOK)

Director name: Mendelsohn,Jonathan (Jon)

Amount purchased: 200,000 @ 48.30p

Value: £96,600.00

Portmeirion Group (PMP)

Director name: Tracey,Peter

Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 157.19p

Value: £47,156.40

Pearson (PSON)

Director name: Pitkethly,Graeme

Amount purchased: 1,834 @ 1,224.00p

Value: £22,448.16

Shaftesbury Capital (SHC)

Director name: Westerman ,Sian

Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 125.53p

Value: £18,829.47

Pearson (PSON)

Director name: Dolan,Alison

Amount purchased: 1,200 @ 1,224.00p

Value: £14,688.00

Altitude Group (ALT)

Director name: Stella,Nichole

Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 26.00p

Value: £13,000.00

Niox Group (NIOX)

Director name: Johnson ,Ian

Amount purchased: 136,558 @ 8.00p

Value: £10,924.64

Niox Group (NIOX)

Director name: Emms,Jonathan

Amount purchased: 127,454 @ 8.00p

Value: £10,196.32

Metals Exploration (MTL)

Director name: Chubb,Andrew

Amount purchased: 166,847 @ 6.10p

Value: £10,176.00

Creightons (CRL)

Director name: Bird,Jemima

Amount purchased: 35,211 @ 28.40p

Value: £9,999.92

India Capital Growth Fund Ltd. (IGC)

Director name: Duquemin,Lynne

Amount purchased: 6,075 @ 162.06p

Value: £9,845.14

Pearson (PSON)

Director name: Coutu,Sherry

Amount purchased: 765 @ 1,224.00p

Value: £9,363.60

Niox Group (NIOX)

Director name: Roller,Michael R D

Amount purchased: 98,994 @ 8.00p

Value: £7,919.52

Utilico Emerging Markets Ltd (di) (UEM)

Director name: Wells ,Nadya

Amount purchased: 3,370 @ 217.00p

Value: £7,312.90

Utilico Emerging Markets Ltd (di) (UEM)

Director name: Stobart,Eric St Clair

Amount purchased: 3,250 @ 218.26p

Value: £7,093.45

Utilico Emerging Markets Ltd (di) (UEM)

Director name: Bridgeman,Mark

Amount purchased: 3,210 @ 218.00p

Value: £6,997.80

Utilico Emerging Markets Ltd (di) (UEM)

Director name: Liu,Isabel

Amount purchased: 2,764 @ 215.86p

Value: £5,966.37

Metals Exploration (MTL)

Director name: Chubb,Andrew

Amount purchased: 83,272 @ 6.06p

Value: £5,042.12

Metals Exploration (MTL)

Director name: Chubb,Andrew

Amount purchased: 84,030 @ 5.99p

Value: £5,033.40

Metals Exploration (MTL)

Director name: Chubb,Andrew

Amount purchased: 78,551 @ 6.35p

Value: £4,987.99

Metals Exploration (MTL)

Director name: Chubb,Andrew

Amount purchased: 82,311 @ 6.00p

Value: £4,938.66

Metals Exploration (MTL)

Director name: Chubb,Andrew

Amount purchased: 69,890 @ 6.35p

Value: £4,438.02

Pearson (PSON)

Director name: Thomas,Annette

Amount purchased: 307 @ 1,224.00p

Value: £3,757.68

Top Director Sells

Next (NXT)

Director name: Shields,Jane

Amount sold: 28,000 @ 10,987.11p

Value: £3,076,390.84

Next (NXT)

Director name: Shields,Jane

Amount sold: 22,000 @ 10,987.11p

Value: £2,417,164.23

Weir Group (WEIR)

Director name: Puffer,Brian

Amount sold: 27,466 @ 2,302.00p

Value: £632,267.33

Next (NXT)

Director name: Papp,Richard

Amount sold: 4,307 @ 10,985.00p

Value: £473,123.94

Next (NXT)

Director name: Papp,Richard

Amount sold: 3,281 @ 10,985.00p

Value: £360,417.84