ISEQ boosted by Icon, Ryanair
The ISEQ closed down 32.49 points today at 6884.39.
Technology company Icon, also listed on the NASDAQ, was up 60c (1.8%) at €33.50.
CRH fell 36c (1.6%) to €22.54.
Ryanair gained 9c (1.2%) to €7.47. The airline today launched its first domestic flights between Cork and Dublin and its Cork-to-Gatwick service.
Irish Continental was up 8c at €9.90. The Irish Ferries saga took another twist this afternoon, as the company deployed security staff onto one of its vessels.
They reportedly escorted Latvian crew members aboard the Isle of Inishmore in Pembroke to relieve Irish workers opting for redundancy.
Bank of Ireland fell 15c (1.1%) to €13.05, despite reporting a massive increase in profits during the six months to the end of September this year.
Anglo Irish Bank was down 13c (1.1%) at €11.45, having been the day’s busiest share.
Allied Irish Banks closed down 17c at €17.82, while Irish Life and Permanent closed up 5c at €15.20.
Insurer FBD finished the day up 25c at €32.95.
United Drug was up 2c at close of play at €3.32. The pharmaceutical says that final dividend payment will be made on February 22 next year, an amendment to an announcement made yesterday.
Jurys Doyle was unchanged at €18.90. The hotel group has agreed to sell The Berkeley Court Hotel site for €119m to a company controlled by property developer Sean Dunne.
