ISEQ in the red
The ISEQ index of Irish shares found itself in the red today, finishing down 63.71 points to 7996.88 by the end of day's trading.
The financial heavyweights all enjoyed negative fortunes. AIB was by far the biggest loser, falling 21c to €19.54 despite their announcement that AIB customers with personal current accounts who, each quarter, use AIB phone/internet banking and their AIB debit card for one transaction will now qualify for free transaction banking.
The bank said this was the first in a series of initiatives to be introduced in the coming weeks focusing on personal banking customers.
Elsewhere both Bank of Ireland and Irish Life and Permanent fell 8c to €15.27 and €19.92 respectively. Anglo Irish Bank fell 2c to €13.28.
Oil stocks also did not fare well today with Tullow Oil falling 1c to €4.88 and Dragon Oil falling 1c to €2.87.
Low-budget airline Ryanair fell 10c to €7.65.
In some rare good news today Donegal Creamer saw their share price rise by over 3% as they gained 13c to €4.30.
