Elan, Tullow, CRH best performers this morning

The ISEQ was up 26.47 points at 7057.84 at 10am today.

Elan was the morning’s biggest winner, up 55c (6.4%) at €9.10.

Tullow Oil gained 11c (2.8%) to €3.98, having gained an additional 12.87% interest in the Hewett fields in a deal announced this morning.

CRH was up 45c (1.9%) at €23.60.

Bank of Ireland was up 12c at €13.62, while Anglo Irish Bank made 2c per share this morning, standing at €11.75 at 10.30am.

Irish Life and Permanent was up 1c at €16.21. Allied Irish Bank was the morning’s busiest share, but was unchanged at €18.64.

Irish Continental, the parent company of Irish Ferries, was up 10c at €10.50 on the morning that the company resumed talks with SIPTU.

Bookmaker Paddy Power fell 7c on the morning that it announced a number of fun celebrity and Budget-based bets.