Banks among the losers during quiet holiday trade

THE ISEQ share index ended 1% lower at 4,186.8 points yesterday in scant trade due to a national holiday.

Declining issues shaded risers ten to nine, with two stocks unchanged in volume of just under seven million shares traded.

Leading industrials were mixed, with building materials group CRH down 80 cent to 13.90 and paper and packaging firm Jefferson Smurfit 2 cent higher at 2.90 ahead of this week’s deadline for voting on the Madison Dearborn takeover offer.