ISEQ up 27.26
05/04/2005 - 12:18:09The ISEQ index of Irish shares saw a 27.26 rise to 6058.2 in morning trade today.
Financial stocks had a more even morning today than yesterday. Irish Life and Permanent was the only on to lose value, down 2c to €13.65. Bank of Ireland was up 7c to €12.52, while AIB rose 17c to €16.29. Anglo Irish Bank was up 15c to €19.75.
Today's announcement by financial services group IFG that the group had losses before tax of €1.4m last year resulted in a 5c fall in share value to 98c.
Ryanair shares were up 4c to €5.97 this morning. The budget airline announced a 20% jump in passenger figures for March, which this year included traffic for the Easter bank holiday weekend.
Elan shares continued to have rocky time, falling 9c this morning to €2.75.
