Elan and Anglo lead market higher

BOURSES around Europe were mainly stronger yesterday, and the Irish market was no different. The ISEQ ended the week on a positive note, 32.34 points stronger at 6334.57.

Elan and Anglo Irish Bank led the rise.

Elan rose 38c to €5.81, following reports in the New England Journal of Medicine that a patient who died after taking Tysabri showed signs of the fatal infection PML, in blood samples taken months earlier.