S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) shares closed 0.34% higher on Tuesday at 8,285.1 points.
Several ASX 200 directors bought and sold shares in their businesses over the Christmas break.
Let's take a look at who traded stock over the holiday period.
Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC)
Westpac shares were trading at $32.87, up 0.52% at yesterday's close and up 43.6% over the past 12 months.
Independent non-executive director Andy Maguire has bought his first parcel of the ASX 200 bank's shares since joining the company in July 2024.
And it was a mighty big parcel.
Maguire bought 6,615 Westpac shares on-market at an average share price of $32.3978 on 31 December.
The total consideration was approximately $215,000.
Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd (ASX: HVN)
This ASX 200 retail share closed at $4.69, down 0.64% yesterday and is up 15% over the past 12 months.
Executive director and CEO Katie Page sold all the Harvey Norman shares held in her superannuation fund over the Christmas period.
On 23 December, Page sold 297,486 shares on-market at an average share price of $4.73609, for a total consideration of $1,408,923.44.
The following day, Page sold another parcel of 93,687 shares on-market at an average price of $4.75689. The total consideration was $445,659.69.
On 27 December, 294,394 shares were sold on-market at an average price of $4.7305, for a total consideration of $1,392,630.82.
On 2 January, Page exercised vested FY22 Performance Rights to acquire 250,908 Harvey Norman shares.
Scentre Group Ltd (ASX: SCG)
This ASX 200 property share was flat at the market close on Tuesday at $3.55, but it has increased 21.5% over the past 12 months.
On 16 December, Elliott Rusanow, the CEO of this real estate investment trust (REIT), acquired 574,676 shares after the vesting of performance rights under Scentre's Performance Rights Plan.
Between 18 December and 24 December, Rusanow sold 329,000 Scentre shares acquired on vesting to fund tax liabilities.
The shares were sold for between $3.42 and $3.50 per share. The total consideration was $1.141 million.
GQG Partners Inc (ASX: GQG)
This ASX 200 financial share was trading at $2.17, up 2.84% at yesterday's close and 29% over the past 12 months.
Rajiv Jain, chair and chief investment officer of the boutique investment management firm, made several trades over four days just before Christmas.
Between 16 December and 20 December, Jain invested just over $1.297 million acquiring 576,237 CHESS depositary interests (CDIs) on-market for average prices between A$2.2232 and A$2.2844 per CDI.
CEO Tim Carver was also trading before Christmas.
On 13 December, Carver sold 14 million CDIs in an off-market charitable gift transfer. He received no personal consideration from the transaction.
