Market maintains modest recovery

THE ISEQ yesterday gained 18.84, or 0.23%, to 8,296.39.

However, financial heavyweight AIB was down 5.5c to €18.55 as the market waits to see if it will be eliminated from the prestigious EuroStoxx50. Bank of Ireland was up 17c at €13.31 and Anglo was 4c down at €13.79. Irish Life and Permanent was unchanged at €18.25.

Construction giant CRH was 3.5c worse at €31.60 despite acquiring the last 55% of Dutch cement company Cementbouw. Kingspan rose 75c to €18.05 and Grafton Group gained 1c to €9.70.