ISEQ climbs in otherwise dull day

FERRY and freight services group, Irish Continental (ICG), Paddy Power, DCC and Elan were among the best performing stocks in an otherwise dull day’s trading in Dublin, yesterday.

The latter was up by 13c at €5.26. For shareholders in Elan, this simply meant a return to where the stock left off at the end of last week; having slipped by 16c on Monday.

ICG gained 50c to close at €10.20, DCC was up by 16c at €15.45, while Paddy Power gained 10c to close at €17.20.