The ISEQ climbed 54.27 points today to close at 6533.02.
Ryanair was the day’s busiest share and closed up 16c (2.3%) at €7.01. The airline today said its daily Shannon-Paris route had passed the 300,000-passenger mark.
Jurys was up 30c (1.6%) at €18.95.
The financials were also performing well, with Bank of Ireland up 19c (1.5%) at €12.80 and AIB gaining 15c to €17.00. Irish Life and Permanent closed up 13c at €14.38, while Anglo Irish Bank finished the day up 2c at €11.02.
CRH was up 4c at €20.79 at the end of the day.