The ISEQ index of Irish shares closed slightly down after the opening trading of the week, slipping 7.09 to 5,632,.48.
Shares in Allied Irish Bank fell 7c today to €13.50 but Bank of Ireland was unchanged at €11.02 today. Anglo-Irish Bank shares rose 8c to €15.03 while Irish Life & Permanent was also unchanged, closing today at €12.75.
Elsewhere shares in building materials giant CRH made a positive start today, climbing 22c, but it eventually closed at its opening price of €19.41.
Shares in Grafton climbed 8c while Heiton shares were down 2c.
Elsewhere Elan shares fell 18c today to €18.92 while Ryanair shares fell 1c to €1.58. Ryanair today announced the launch of its winter-ski 2004 website.
Meanwhile it was a much more satisfactory day for Unidare. Unidare shares surged 15c to €2.00 today. The board of the company said today results for the year ending September 30 are set to exceed expectations with profits climbing almost €3m from last year.
Viridian shares have been unchanged at €9.10. Viridian today announced the construction of a second power plant at its Huntstown site, north of Dublin. The €250m project will be completed during 2007.
The most traded stocks today were Bank of Ireland, AIB, CRH, Irish Life & Permanent and Eircom.