Scott Dobbie, chairman of Edinburgh Investment Trust, has made a significant addition to his personal holding in the Invesco-managed trust.

Dobbie, who also chairs the Securities & Investment Institute, bought a further 80,000 ordinary shares this week at a cost of £266,400 to take his stake to more than 636,000 shares.

EIT, managed by Neil Woodford, Invesco's star fund manager, has a defensive flavour. Consumer goods (21.4%), utilities (18.6%), healthcare (17.5%) and telecommunications (11.22%) were the main sectors for its money at the end of June. AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline and Vodafone were the top three company holdings.

Top Director Buys

Edinburgh Inv Trust (EDIN)
Director name: Mr Scott Dobbie
Amount purchased: 80,000 @ 333.00p
Value: £266,400

Portrait Software (PST)
Director name: Mr Paul William Hewitt
Amount purchased: 500,000 @ 12.00p
Value: £60,000

Scott Wilson (SWG)
Director name: Mr Jerome Munro-Lafon
Amount purchased: 90,000 @ 66.00p
Value: £59,400

Portrait Software (PST)
Director name: Mr Richard Goat
Amount purchased: 390,000 @ 12.00p
Value: £46,800

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust (BRSC)
Director name: Mr Richard Brewster
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 232.00p
Value: £23,200

Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG)
Director name: Mr John R Sclater
Amount purchased: 15,590 @ 127.00p
Value: £19,799

Ebiquity (EBQ)
Director name: Mr Richard Nichols
Amount purchased: 35,000 @ 48.00p
Value: £16,800

Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG)
Director name: Mr Peter Keen
Amount purchased: 12,415 @ 123.50p
Value: £15,333

Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG)
Director name: Dr John Gordon
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 129.00p
Value: £12,900

Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG)
Director name: Dr John Gordon
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 129.00p
Value: £12,900

Top Director Sells

Synergy Healthcare (SYR)
Director name: Mr Ivan M Jacques
Amount sold: 163,977 @ 510.00p
Value: £836,283

Great Portland Estates (GPOR)
Director name: Mr Robert Noel
Amount sold: 129,223 @ 219.20p
Value: £283,257

Synergy Healthcare (SYR)
Director name: Mr Marcello Smit
Amount sold: 43,426 @ 510.00p
Value: £221,473

Great Portland Estates (GPOR)
Director name: Mr Toby Courtauld
Amount sold: 53,417 @ 220.20p
Value: £117,624

Great Portland Estates (GPOR)
Director name: Mr Robert Noel
Amount sold: 42,733 @ 220.20p
Value: £94,098

Great Portland Estates (GPOR)
Director name: Mr Timon Drakesmith
Amount sold: 30,047 @ 220.20p
Value: £66,163

Great Portland Estates (GPOR)
Director name: Mr Neil Thompson
Amount sold: 28,885 @ 220.20p
Value: £63,605

Clipper Windpower (Reg S) (CWP)
Director name: Mr James Brent Dehlsen
Amount sold: 10,000 @ 102.00p
Value: £10,200

Related share prices
Edinburgh Inv Trust (EDIN) share price
Great Portland Estates (GPOR) share price
Portrait Software (PST) share price
Biotech Growth Trust (The) (BIOG) share price
Ebiquity (EBQ) share price
Synergy Health (SYR) share price
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust (BRSC) share price
Clipper Windpower (Reg S) (CWP) share price
Scott Wilson (SWG) share price