The ISEQ index of Irish shares was up, as expected, this morning, climbing 129.07 points to 8475.79.
The financial institutions were the main to benefit off the positive moves on the trading floor. AIB were up €0.45 to €18.85 while Anglo jumped €0.25 to €13.65.
BoI followed suit, growing €0.34 to €13.68 while IL&P were up €0.40 to €18.00.
Among the other big movers were CRH, up €0.35 to €31.90 and Elan, up €0.48 to €14.58.