At KKR, a filing with the SEC revealed that on Monday, Timothy R. Barakett bought 50,000 shares of KKR, at a cost of $104.93 each, for a total investment of $5.25M. Barakett was up about 2.9% on the buy at the high point of today's trading session, with KKR trading as high as $107.99 at last check today. KKR is trading up about 0.6% on the day Thursday. Before this latest buy, Barakett made one other purchase in the past twelve months, buying $4.13M shares at a cost of $117.92 a piece.
And at Varonis Systems, there was insider buying on Monday, by CEO Yakov Faitelson who purchased 26,725 shares at a cost of $22.41 each, for a trade totaling $598,907. This buy marks the first one filed by Faitelson in the past twelve months. Varonis Systems is trading down about 2.2% on the day Thursday. Faitelson was up about 19.1% on the buy at the high point of today's trading session, with VRNS trading as high as $26.69 at last check today.
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