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Jeweller Signet's chairman Malcolm Williamson has bought a further 100,000 shares in the company, more than doubling his stake to 173,999 shares.

He bought the shares for 63p, having purchased 12,394 shares at 56.4p each on January 14.

Shares in Signet rallied today, despite the company reporting last week a fall in sales during the Christmas period which prompted a broker downgrade from JP Morgan on January 14.

The troubled jeweller's share price has almost halved in the past six months.
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