Gilbert Cisneros leads Capitol Hill filings as purchases match sales

Six members of Congress disclosed 500 trades since 13 October, reporting $2.6mn in purchases and $2.5mn in sales. Gilbert Cisneros of the House accounted for the largest stock disclosures, filed on 12 October. Cisneros bought between $15,000 and $50,000 of shares in chipmaker ON Semiconductor on 28 September, alongside sales of between $15,000 and $50,000 in RBC Bearings and medical device maker Revvity.

Shares in Revvity rose 25 per cent between the 9 September sale by Cisneros and 13 October. A sale of between $50,000 and $100,000 in software company PTC by Kevin Hern on 31 August preceded a similar move, with the shares also up 25 per cent to 13 October.

Across filings disclosed in the last 30 days, Democrats accounted for 472 trades across seven filers, buying $3.6mn and selling $3.4mn, with purchases taking a 52 per cent share of value. Thirteen Republicans filed 179 trades, with $3.8mn of sales and $451,000 of purchases, representing an 11 per cent share of value.