Eurozone markets show strong gains
At home the Iseq surged ahead on the back of strong results from Ryanair. The benchmark index of Irish shares closed up 58.82 to 4,063.39.
In the construction sector, CRH continued its recent good run, gaining 18.5c to €17.21. Grafton Group declined 4c to €5.54, while Kingspan nudged up 2.6c to €9.42.