Jury's helps keep ISEQ in the black

The ISEQ edged higher in trading today, with Jury's Doyle Group shares the star perfomer as the index closed at 6,770.12, up 0-73.

The ISEQ edged higher in trading today, with Jury's Doyle Group shares the star performer as the index closed at 6,770.12, up 0-73.

Shares in Jury's surged 70c to €16.30 as the group considers a new €1.1bn takeover offer from a consortium of businessmen trying to buy the hotel group. This is the third takeover offer for Jury's from the Precinct group.

Elsewhere Allied Irish Bank shares slipped 3c to €17.87. AIB revealed today it has sold part of its Ballsbridge site for €367.75m to the Serpentine Consortium.

Bank of Ireland shares also slipped, falling 21c to €13.66. Bank of Ireland announced it is to offer 100% mortgages to first-time buyers with a new product called QuickStart 100.

Anglo Irish Bank shares were unchanged at €11.10. Irish Life & Permanent shares were also unchanged, remaining at €15.

Elsewhere shares in IWP International dropped 1c to €0.08. Sales in IWP International have climbed 8% to €184m, preliminary results have revealed.

Bookmaker group Paddy Power was a strong performer today, climbing 21c to €14.86. Budget airline Ryanair climbed 9c to €6.67.

The ISEQ ETF climbed 9c to €13.78 today.

The most traded shares today were eircom, CRH, Bank of Ireland, Jury's Doyle and Ryanair.