Iseq falls ahead of Bernanke speech

The Iseq Index fell further as worldwide markets anticipate Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech at Jackson Hole today.

The benchmark index of Irish shares closed down 21.2 points to 3130.7.

In the financial sector, the main banking stocks all ended in negative territory. AIB slipped by 0.2c to 4.8c, Bank of Ireland eased back 0.1c to 8.3c, and Permanent TSB Group holdings also saw a decline of 0.2c to 2.4c