ISEQ falters to three-point rise

In lax trading today, Dublin's stock exchange struggled to a three-point increase to close at 5452.89.

Positive house building data in the US and UK gave construction stocks a boost with CRH rising 25c to €17.35 and Heiton up 2c at €6.52. However, Kingspan closed down 3c to €4.95 despite the Cavan-based group issuing an upbeat trading statement for the first half of the year yesterday.