Director dealings: Oxford Instruments chairman remains strong buyer, so too Berenberg

Carson purchased 16,000 shares at roughly 202p each for a total transaction amount of £323,314.

The designer of specialised analysis equipment posted a 7.5% jump in adjusted revenues at constant currencies to reach £209.7m, for profit before tax of £37.5m.

On the next day, analysts at Berenberg told clients that the perceived risks to the equity story had largely been addressed by the strength of its results, adding that they remained "strong buyers".

"From here, while the FX impact on earnings always means that there exists some near-term risk to forecasts, we still consider the outlook to be positive, with the order book up 10% yoy (cc), a book-to-bill of 1.07x in the period, and significant levels of investment into capacity being made into faster-growing segments of the group."

Top Director Buys

Oxford Instruments (OXIG)
Director name: Carson,Neil A P
Amount purchased: 16,000 @ 2,020.72p
Value: �323,314.58

Flutter Entertainment (cdi) (FLTR)
Director name: Koeppel,Holly Keller
Amount purchased: 1,000 @ 12,651.92p
Value: �126,519.20

Dunelm Group (DNLM)
Director name: Witts,Karen
Amount purchased: 8,531 @ 1,047.00p
Value: �89,319.57

Land Securities Group (LAND)
Director name: Bowling ,James
Amount purchased: 4,557 @ 653.39p
Value: �29,775.11

Entain (ENT)
Director name: Wood,Rob
Amount purchased: 2,500 @ 960.00p
Value: �24,000.00

Land Securities Group (LAND)
Director name: Roberts,Miles
Amount purchased: 3,645 @ 653.39p
Value: �23,816.16

Hgcapital Trust (HGT)
Director name: Brooman,Richard J
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 384.09p
Value: �19,204.63

Grit Real Estate Income Group Limited Npv (GR1T)
Director name: Todd,Peter
Amount purchased: 94,900 @ 17.00p
Value: �16,133.00

Alien Metals Limited Npv (di) (UFO)
Director name: Henson,Elizabeth
Amount purchased: 4,046,038 @ 0.23p
Value: �9,496.05

Cvc Income & Growth Limited Npv Euro (CVCE)
Director name: Kirkby ,Robert
Amount purchased: 8,000 @ 105.63p
Value: �9,380.30

Jpmorgan Uk Smaller Companies Investment Trust (JMI)
Director name: Humphries,Gordon
Amount purchased: 2,000 @ 259.96p
Value: �5,199.29

Chesnara (CSN)
Director name: Murray,Steve
Amount purchased: 958 @ 262.98p
Value: �2,519.35

Cvc Income & Growth Limited Npv Euro (CVCE)
Director name: Kirkby ,Robert
Amount purchased: 977 @ 107.42p
Value: �1,164.94

Itm Power (ITM)
Director name: Schulz,Dennis
Amount purchased: 494 @ 60.82p
Value: �300.45

Itm Power (ITM)
Director name: Allen,Andy
Amount purchased: 492 @ 60.82p
Value: �299.24

Itm Power (ITM)
Director name: Bourne,Simon
Amount purchased: 492 @ 60.82p
Value: �299.24

Imi (IMI)
Director name: Twite,Roy
Amount purchased: 10 @ 1,542.70p
Value: �154.27

Superdry (SDRY)
Director name: Wills,Shaun
Amount purchased: 389 @ 38.60p
Value: �150.15

Xp Factory (XPF)
Director name: Harpham,Richard
Amount purchased: 930 @ 16.14p
Value: �150.07

Imi (IMI)
Director name: Shook ,Daniel
Amount purchased: 8 @ 1,542.70p
Value: �123.42

Superdry (SDRY)
Director name: Wills,Shaun
Amount purchased: 39 @ n/a
Value: n/a

Xp Factory (XPF)
Director name: Harpham,Richard
Amount purchased: 930 @ n/a
Value: n/a

Top Director Sells

Wise Class A (WISE)
Director name: Briers,Matthew
Amount sold: 427,706 @ 689.76p
Value: �2,950,124.38

Hgcapital Trust (HGT)
Director name: Brooman,Richard J
Amount sold: 5,000 @ 383.80p
Value: �19,190.04

Mast Energy Developments (MAST)
Director name: Venter ,Paul
Amount sold: 500,000 @ 1.37p
Value: �6,860.00