Tullow and Fyffes hold position after announcements

The ISEQ index was up 25.47 to 5661.93 in morning trade.

Tullow Oil stocks held firm at €1.93 after the company announced today that it had been awarded nine operated exploration blocks in the UK twenty-second offshore licensing round. The licence awards comprise seven blocks in Tullow’s core CMS area of the Southern North Sea (SNS) and two blocks in the North Viking Graben.