Financials, construction sector hamper ISEQ

Dublin's Iseq stumbled to a 5.28 rise closing at 5,445.67, as the financial and construction sectors both finished in the red today.

The majority of the financials fell - AIB down 3c to €12.48, Anglo Irish Bank down 5c to €12.70 and Bank of Ireland down 6c to €10.71 - with Irish and Life and Permanent the only climber by 8c to €12.38.