Day of relatively few climbers

THE likes of clinical trials/medical devices company Icon, Kerry Group, Elan and FBD were steady fallers, as the Dublin market fell by just under 2% to 1,947.41 points yesterday.

On a day of relatively few climbers, AIB gained 10% — or 4c — to 44c, while building materials giant CRH was up by 33c at e13.81.

Norkom Technologies was up by 4c at 40c on the back of completing a new contract with South Korea’s second largest bank and there were small gains for the likes of Fyffes, housebuilding group Abbey, financial services group IFG and insulation specialist, Kingspan, which gained 7c to e2.37.