ISEQ down 50 as financials bear the brunt
14/03/2006 - 18:24:09The financials were hit hard today as the ISEQ index of shares fell 51.02 points to 7899.81.
AIB was worst hit, down 29c to €19.18. Anglo Irish slid 26c to €13.44, while Bank of Ireland lost 23c to close at €15.02.
Irish Life & Permanent bucked the trend, closing up 4c at €18.39.
Shares in Ulster Television fell 22c to €6.20.
Elan slipped 13c to €12.32.
Eircom was down 4c to €2.13, despite Babcock and Brown’s announcement yesterday that it had upped its stake in the telecom to 28.8%.
