The ISEQ index of Irish shares closed up by 41.97 points at 5723.86 today.
Financial stocks made up some of the losses suffered last week in rocky trading.
Most traded stocks today were Bank of Ireland (up 11 cent to €10.86), Ryanair (down nine cent to €4), AIB (up 15 cent to €13.80), Anglo Irish Bank (up four cent to €14.94) and Grafton Group (up 10 cent to €7.15 ).
Ryanair's fall came despite an announced that it had entered into a 10-year agreement with General Electric’s subsidiary GE Engine Services to provide engine maintenance for the Ryanair fleet. The airline also started the roll-out of its new in-flight entertainment system today.