Irish stocks show fight

IRISH stocks bounced back yesterday finishing in positive territory for the first time in 12 days.

The ISEQ index closed up almost 1% at 2,052.86 points helped by easing fears over bank nationalisations in the United States.

In the construction sector, CRH added 52c to e16.07. Kingspan progressed 6c to e2.10 and Grafton Group moved up 6c to e1.32.