ISEQ makes modest gains

The ISEQ index of Irish shares recovered from morning losses to close up 1.62 points at 6029.95.

Business support services company DCC saw a loss of 89c to €16.10. DCC announced today that before-tax profits were up 8.5% to €126m in the year to the end of March 2004. Sales rose by 24.3% to €2.7bn, while operating profit was up 8.8% to €131.5m. Dividend per share will be 37.26c.