ISEQ heads world’s gains

IN the year to date, the Irish stock market has been the star performer of the stock exchanges, by making gains of 9.7%.

Its closest rival among Western markets is the FTSE, which is up by 4.9% and underpinned by the best performing economy in Europe after Ireland.

In the United States the talk on the Dow is bullish. It may well reach 11,000 this year, a level not seen in three and a half years.