Market down on low volumes
In the financial sector, Bank of Ireland fell back 2.9c to 25.1c. AIB dropped 0.1c to 22.9c. Irish Life & Permanent decreased 1.2c to 13.8c.
Insurance group FBD Holdings said in an interim management statement that policy volumes were flat in the first three months of 2011 and said it remains confident of delivering full year operating earnings per share of 130c to 140c. The shares closed down 2.5c at €7.22.