ISEQ up, Elan makes gains
The ISEQ was up 1.17 points at 6633.08 at 11am today.
Elan made 26c (3.8%) to €7.06 this morning.
Irish Life and Permanent dropped 25c (1.7%) to €14.60. Bank of Ireland was down 4c at €12.80. Allied Irish Bank was unchanged at €17.05, while Anglo Irish Bank was also steady at €11.25.
Insurer FBD slipped 20c to €32.80.
Jurys fell 30c (1.6%) to €18.80, following news this morning that the Doyle family has purchased more than half the total stock in the hotel group.
Paddy Power was up 10c at €14.65. This morning, the publicity-seeking bookmaker made itself odds-on favourite to win this year’s Published Accounts Award.
Ryanair made a gain of 6c to €6.75.
Business support services company DCC lost 5c to €15.40.
Construction company Kingspan was the morning’s busiest share, and gained 5c to €9.84.
C&C fell 4c to €5.31 after this morning’s announcement that it had lost its contract to distribute Danone’s Volvic and Evian products in Ireland.
Exploration company Aminex was unchanged at €0.24. Aminex this morning announced new exploration rights in Madagascar.
