Market takes a battering

THE ISEQ Index suffered again yesterday with the downward trend seeming relentless.

The Irish market shipped 255.01 to close at 6,397.

The financials were again in the firing line with AIB shedding 39c to €13.22 and Bank of Ireland lost 65c to rest at €9.18. Anglo Irish fell 20c to €8.95 and Irish Life & Permanent haemorrhaged €1.13 to €11.52.