Yet such price-sensitive information has a habit of getting about.

In my view, they did not possess price-sensitive information.

But I'll note there seems to be a huge amount of apparently price-sensitive information that's getting wide circulation.

Financial advisers and law firms are required to keep lists of those who know price-sensitive information.

The fact that one person owns a big chunk of shares is price-sensitive information.

Any price-sensitive information is received instantly by many traders, who promptly act upon it.

Swiss exchange rules require price-sensitive information to be announced outside trading hours.

Under stock exchange rules, for example, listed companies are required to disclose price-sensitive information promptly.

The company said in a statement its shares were suspended pending the release of price-sensitive information, but did not give further details.

But Tesco say the transfer was done without any price-sensitive information and within the time limit for share sales before figures release.

However, price-sensitive information that would breach Stock Exchange disclosure rules shouldn't be revealed.

It is, to use the jargon, price-sensitive information.

It added that Robbins, whose position is below board level, was “not in possession of any price-sensitive information at the time the sale was approved”.

The court heard he was handed confidential and price-sensitive information from two investment banks about prospective takeover bids.

What I am now going to tell you is price-sensitive information and I have cleared the next part with our compliance department.

During that nearly four-hour period, 112 announcements were submitted to the stock exchange, 23 of which contained price-sensitive information.

As for the release of information, the stock exchange points out that it already requires price-sensitive information to be published through its regulated news service.

Price-sensitive information is defined as information that is prohibited from being used in insider dealing.

They will, needless to say, be judged on this high level of disclosure with all other potentially price-sensitive information the market might want to know about.

The committee said after similar incidents in 2003, it found that the ban on incorrect disclosure of price-sensitive information also included unintentional release.

Tim Power, 43, from south-west London, admitted leaking price-sensitive information about the sale of the business in 1997.

A statement from Wing Lung said its shares were suspended pending the release of possibly price-sensitive information.

They also prohibit them from disclosing price-sensitive information to analysts ahead of its release to the rest of the marketplace.

The classic insider-dealing operation involves one person privy to price-sensitive information and an accomplice who trades on it.

US analysts’ success in predicting profits peaked in the fourth quarter of 2000, the year new laws on equal access to price-sensitive information were adopted.