Financials drive market forward

THE Dublin market turned in a strong performance yesterday, with the ISEQ finishing on 4771.58, up 55.57 points.

The financials were the main catalysts of the upturn in market strength. Anglo Irish recovered after being subject to profit taking last week to rebound back up 10c to close at 11.40 The stock is more than 60% higher in the year to date.

Bank of Ireland ended the day 30c better at 10.60 from the implementation of share buy backs amounting to €4.4m. AIB were up 8c, edging forward to 12.43