ISEQ loses bulk of yesterday's gains

In contrast to yesterday's positive performance the ISEQ index of Irish shares closed down 69.83 points to 6,045.95 today.

In a complete reversal to Monday's upward trend, financial stocks accounted for some of the slide with all of them seeing falls. Bank of Ireland is down 18 cent to €11.55. AIB is down seven cent to €14.38 while Anglo Irish Bank fell nine cent to €16.11. Irish Life and Permanent fell 18 cent to €13.52.