Dismal day for banks and airlines

BANKS and airlines had another dismal day on the stock market yesterday with building firm CRH also suffering.

Aer Lingus saw its shares fall 1.4% to 68 cent, while Ryanair dropped almost 2% to €3.54.

AIB was down close to 4% at €1.30 and Bank of Ireland fell 3.4% to €1.48. Irish Life and Permanent was hard hit, falling 7.7% to €2.60.