Deckers Outdoor Corp. (DECK), maker of the Uggs boot brand, gained after Chief Executive Officer Angel Martinez bought 10,000 shares.

The shares rose 1.2 percent to $46.98 at the close in New York. The Goleta, California-based company’s stock has declined 38 percent this year.

Martinez, who became CEO in 2005, purchased the shares starting on July 11, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He now owns 346,740 shares, or about 0.9 percent of the company.

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