ISEQ regains last week’s lost ground

THE Irish index yesterday regained some of the ground lost last Friday, which had been prompted by the terrorist alert in Britain. Mirroring most European Bourses, the ISEQ index closed up 45.047 at 7,640.617.

The financial sector led the charge with three of the four main players finishing in the top three market mover slots. AIB added 30c to €19.85. Rival Bank of Ireland was 25c higher at €14.40. Anglo-Irish firmed 9c and was €11.45 at the closing bell. Irish life and Permanent followed the trend increasing 15c at €19.05 at the finish.

In the construction sector, CRH dropped 6c to €25.31 despite a recent report indicating construction activity was up in July. Kingspan Group, on the other hand, was 9c up at €13.54. Grafton Group was 6c up at €10.26.