Three members of Congress bought Microsoft shares as insiders sold $4.0mn

Three members of Congress bought shares in Microsoft over the past 30 days while the software company's own insiders sold $4.0mn of the stock on the open market. Disclosures show four purchases by Lisa McClain, Ro Khanna and Cleo Fields, set against three open-market sales by Microsoft insiders, who bought no shares.

Company insiders at Meta Platforms disclosed $25.7mn of sales across 26 trades and bought nothing, while two members of Congress made four purchases. At retailer Amazon.com, insiders sold $252,000 of stock in one sale as two members of Congress made six purchases.

Across the market, company insiders disclosed $2.0bn of sales against $448.9mn of open-market purchases in 1594 trades. The heaviest insider buying was at Lennar, where purchases reached $382.9mn, while software company CrowdStrike Holdings recorded $266.6mn of sales.