ISEQ ends week on negative note

The ISEQ index of shares is down 12.71 points after trading today, to end the week at 6,785.59.

Financials stocks were mostly up, with Anglo Irish Bank the only negative trader, down 5c to €20.25.

AIB climbed 12c to €16.27, Bank of Ireland was up 3c to €12.80 and Irish Life and Permanent rose 10c to €14.80.

Construction firms were mixed as CRH ended the week down 24c to €21.82 while McInerney Holdings performed strongly to record a rise of 15c to €7.75.

Trinity Biotech recorded the largest fall of the day, down 29c to €2.16.