Director dealings: Enquest's new chairman takes up stake

Houston, who was tapped to take over the top job just a few weeks earlier on 5 September, purchased the shares on Tuesday at an average price of 19p each, for a total value of £95,000.

Back in March, Enquest reported a 48.2% improvement to its average group production in its final results, to 55,447 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

Enquest said its revenue rose to $1.2bn in the year ended 31 December, from $635.2m a year earlier, while EBITDA surged to $716.3m thanks to an uptick in both volumes and realised prices, partially offset by the impact of commodity hedges.

As of 1640 BST, Enquest shares had dipped 0.19% to 18.67p.

Top Director Buys

Abcam (ABC)
Director name: Milner,Jonathan Simon
Amount purchased: 466,363 @ 1,147.02p
Value: £5,349,276.69

Enquest (ENQ)
Director name: Houston,Martin
Amount purchased: 500,000 @ 19.00p
Value: £95,000.00

Crh (CRH)
Director name: Karlström,Johan
Amount purchased: 2,000 @ 2,778.56p
Value: £55,571.16

Ades International Holding (di) (ADES)
Director name: Farouk ,Mohamed
Amount purchased: 4,000 @ $13.21
Value: $52,840.00

Enquest (ENQ)
Director name: Bseisu,Amjad
Amount purchased: 266,952 @ 18.80p
Value: £50,186.97

Enquest (ENQ)
Director name: Bseisu,Amjad
Amount purchased: 266,952 @ 18.80p
Value: £50,186.97

International Public Partnerships Ltd. (INPP)
Director name: Le Poidevin,John
Amount purchased: 32,467 @ 154.00p
Value: £49,999.18

International Public Partnerships Ltd. (INPP)
Director name: Gerrard,Michael
Amount purchased: 27,597 @ 154.00p
Value: £42,499.38

Schroder Oriental Income Fund Ltd. (SOI)
Director name: Rigg,Peter
Amount purchased: 12,500 @ 255.50p
Value: £31,937.50

Surface Transforms (SCE)
Director name: Cunningham,Michael
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 26.00p
Value: £26,000.00

Savannah Resources (SAV)
Director name: Leahy,James Gerald
Amount purchased: 1,150,000 @ 2.20p
Value: £25,300.00

International Public Partnerships Ltd. (INPP)
Director name: Bond,Julia
Amount purchased: 16,168 @ 154.00p
Value: £24,898.72

Enquest (ENQ)
Director name: Bseisu,Amjad
Amount purchased: 120,686 @ 18.90p
Value: £22,809.65

Enquest (ENQ)
Director name: Bseisu,Amjad
Amount purchased: 120,686 @ 18.90p
Value: £22,809.65

Schroder Asia Pacific Fund (SDP)
Director name: Gould,Vivien
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 437.59p
Value: £21,879.50

Ades International Holding (di) (ADES)
Director name: Farouk ,Mohamed
Amount purchased: 1,000 @ 1,309.20p
Value: £15,652.80

Ades International Holding (di) (ADES)
Director name: Farouk ,Mohamed
Amount purchased: 1,000 @ $13.20
Value: $13,200.00

Midatech Pharma (MTPH)
Director name: Stamp,Stephen
Amount purchased: 200,000 @ 5.35p
Value: £10,700.00

Aew Uk Long Lease Reit (AEWL)
Director name: Sippetts,Alan
Amount purchased: 14,006 @ 71.00p
Value: £9,944.26

Fidelity China Special Situations (FCSS)
Director name: Yueh,Linda
Amount purchased: 2,318 @ 213.50p
Value: £4,948.93

Cohort (CHRT)
Director name: Walther,Simon
Amount purchased: 1,287 @ 355.00p
Value: £4,568.85

Cybg (CYBG)
Director name: Smith,Ian S
Amount purchased: 129 @ 116.00p
Value: £149.64

Top Director Sells

Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings (AML)
Director name: Humaidhi,Najeeb Al
Amount sold: 961,550 @ 1,000.00p
Value: £9,615,500.00

Abcam (ABC)
Director name: Milner,Jonathan Simon
Amount sold: 170,000 @ 1,147.02p
Value: £1,949,933.93

Admiral Group (ADM)
Director name: Jones ,Geraint
Amount sold: 27,600 @ 2,093.46p
Value: £577,794.98

Schroder Oriental Income Fund Ltd. (SOI)
Director name: Rigg,Peter
Amount sold: 12,142 @ 254.50p
Value: £30,901.39

Chelverton Uk Dividend Trust (SDV)
Director name: of Lerwick,Lord Lamont
Amount sold: 12 @ 167.15p
Value: £20.06