Market returns to positive results

FOLLOWING two successive sessions in the red, the ISEQ Index was back in positive territory yesterday.

The index was 22.72 points higher at 4279.83.

Main focus was on CRH with buoyed investor interest following the company’s half-year pre-results statement. The stock closed 3.02% higher at 13.65. Ryanair was lower in earlier trading due to profit-taking following Friday’s gains, but the stock rallied to 6.27, a gain of 17c.