Markets upbeat as sentiment improves

STOCK markets ended the week on a slightly up beat note with the FTSE up 1% to 4059.3 for the period.

In the US, the Dow was ahead 1% and closer to home the ISEQ 100 did marginally better gaining 2.4%.

Overall, markets are up by more than 20% since March as sentiment improved once the war on Iraq was out of the way.