Director dealings: Wetherspoon CEO makes £0.14m sale, Rio Tinto non-exec invests

Wetherspoon was on the list of director sells on Friday, after the company disclosed a transaction worth more than £0.14m made by its chief executive officer.

The pub operator said John Hutson sold 18,000 of his shares on the London Stock Exchange on 12 May.

Hutson sold the shares for 780.13p each, valuing the transaction at a total of £140,423.06.

On the buying side of things, a non-executive director spent almost £25k on shares in Rio Tinto, the company revealed.

Ngaire Woods bought 500 shares in London on 11 May, for 4,920.66p apiece, spending a total of £24,603.30 on the investment.

At 1126 BST, shares in Rio Tinto Group were up 0.07% at 4,886p, while those in JD Wetherspoon were down 0.13% at 778p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

DIRECTOR SELLS

Company: Drax Group
Name: Will Gardiner
Volume: 295,080
Price: 606.66p
Value: £1,790,130.56

Company: Drax Group
Name: Andy Skelton
Volume: 168,231
Price: 606.66p
Value: £1,020,589.18

Company: London Stock Exchange Group
Name: York Holdings II
Volume: 5,420
Price: 8,517.76p
Value: £461,662.59

Company: Drax Group
Name: Paul Sheffield
Volume: 74,358
Price: 606.66p
Value: £451,099.80

Company: Drax Group
Name: Penelope Small
Volume: 73,778
Price: 606.66p
Value: £447,581.17

Company: JD Wetherspoon
Name: John Hutson
Volume: 18,000
Price: 780.13p
Value: £140,423.06

Company: Drax Group
Name: Matt White
Volume: 19,540
Price: 606.66p
Value: £118,541.25

DIRECTOR BUYS

Company: Foresight Solar Fund
Name: Peter Dicks
Volume: 100,000
Price: 110.84p
Value: £110,840.00

Company: ICG Enterprise Trust
Name: Alastair Bruce
Volume: 5,000
Price: 1,079.4p
Value: £53,970.00

Company: Rio Tinto
Name: Ngaire Woods
Volume: 500
Price: 4,920.66p
Value: £24,603.30

Company: Victrex
Name: Vivienne Cox
Volume: 1,304
Price: 1,517p
Value: £19,781.68

Company: Rentokil Initial
Name: David Frear
Volume: 375
Price: $40.12
Value: $15,045.00