ISEQ sees stock climb over 40 points

Kerry Group and Warner Chilcott joined Irish Life & Permanent in making strong gains today to give the ISEQ a 41.44 point boost to see the index finish the day at 5,676.42.

IL&P added 35c to its share price, as did Kerry, to their prices finish at €13.45 and €18.00 respectively. However, pharmaceutical giant Warner Chilcott eclipsed them both with a 48c rise to €12.46.

Rival Elan saw their share price head in the other direction to €19.66, a 9c fall.

The day was positive among the rest of the financials, the Bank of Ireland rising by 13c to €10.83, AIB going up 10c to €13.65 and Anglo Irish increasing by 5c to €15.25.

DCC, the business support services group, saw their stock climb 15c to €15.65 while construction company CRH had an 11c rise to see them finish at €18.57 for the day.

Fallers included construction rivals Abbey, down 8c to €8.02 and Jurys Doyle Hotel group, down 20c to €10.40.