Director dealings: Six decades at Castings and still a buyer

Foundries operator Castings (LON: CGS) chairman Brian Cooke acquired 5,000 shares at 371.8p each following last week’s cautious AGM statement.

That is an investment of £18,590. He had bought 5,000 shares at 368p each during February. He was also buying shares last autumn.

Brian Cooke is a former boss of Castings, having joined the company in 1960, and he became non-executive chairman on 31 March 2015. He owns more than 4.5% of Castings.

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Castings operates two iron foundries ...