ISEQ endures tough start to week's trading
25/04/2005 - 18:31:32The ISEQ has endured a tough start to the week's trading, falling 26.38 today to close at 5,945.68 this evening.
Financial shares were mixed. Shares in Allied Irish Bank rose 9c to €16.26 but Bank of Ireland shares were down slightly, 2c less at €12.17.
Anglo Irish Bank, which has completed a share split, saw shares close at the new price of €9.45. Irish Life & Permanent shares climbed 5c to €13.50.
Construction shares fared worse, however. Shares in CRH fell 28c to €19.60 while Kingspan shares dropped 27c to €9.43.
The newly-established ISEQ Exchange Traded Fund slipped 10c today to €12.
Elsewhere bookmaker Paddy Power was one of the day's winners, climbing 15c to €14.30 today.
The most traded shares were CRH, AIB, Anglo Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland and Grafton.
