Financial and construction sectors aid ISEQ increase

The ISEQ index of ended the day above the 7800 mark as it acquired 68.97 points to stand at 7861.95.

After a poor start, all but one of the financials recovered - AIB bucking the trend with a three cent fall to €19.65, despite the announcement of pre-tax profits of €1.7bn for 2005, which was a 23% increase on its €1.3bn profit in 2004.