ISEQ ends day down 65 points
The worldwide fallout from the nose-dive of Japan's stock market hit the ISEQ today.
The Dublin stock exchange stood at 7467.85, down 65.72 points for the day.
The finance sector couldn't escape with AIB recording the biggest fall of the day, down 24c to €17.91. Irish Life and Permanent tumbled 15c to €17.15 and Bank of Ireland slipped 14c to €13.51.
Anglo Irish Bank bucked the trend, gaining a cent to €12.79.
Oil stocks also fell into negative territory with Tullow Oil down 11c to €4.37, while Dragon Oil fell 7c to €3.05.
Construction also had a bad day as building material group CRH saw its stock price go down 13c to €25.59 while Kingspan slipped 12c to €11.07.
Low-budget airline Ryanair fell 13c to €7.75 and business services group DCC tumbled 20c to €18.50.
Elsewhere, insurance group FBD bucked the trend with a 20c rise to €35.80 as did Kerry group, up 15c to €18.25.
