ISEQ gains in day of losses
The Irish Stock Exchange bucked the worldwide trend to post a relatively impressive gain after close of trading today.
The ISEQ index was up 33.13 to 7,800.75.
The financials did not enjoy the best of days, but avoided any huge losses. Irish Life & Permanent fared worst, dropping 18c to €15.50. There were also small dips for Allied Irish Bank (down 9c to €16.61) and Bank of Ireland (down 3c to €11.88). Anglo Irish Bank edged up 3c to €12.23.
The worst loss of the day occurred for Irish Continental Group, which fell 71c to €25.75. DCC was the other significant decline, down 15c to €19.17.
It was better news elsewhere however, especially for CRH, which climbed 65c to €26.60 – the biggest gain of the day.
Kerry Group (up 44c to €20.29), Tullow Oil (up 43c to €8.89) and FBD (up 40c to €24.40) also did well.
