ISEQ suffers slight loss
20/10/2006 - 10:54:32The ISEQ index of shares fell back 2.03 to 8529.13 in early trading today.
Aer Lingus shares were up 1c to €2.89 this morning ahead of today's talks between senior officials from the Department of Transport and the European Commission on Ryanair's bid to take over Aer Lingus.
The talks are expected to focus on whether the proposed buy-out would be in line with EU competition laws.
Meanwhile, all of the financials were in the red, with the exception of Anglo Irish which was up 6c to €14.05.
Bank of Ireland was down 4c to €15.64, AIB shed 7c to €21.19, while Irish Life & Permanent was worst hit, down 18c to €19.02.
