ISEQ down 83 points as financials suffer

The ISEQ index of Irish shares has fallen by 86.43 points to 7682.36 today.

Heavy-hitters across the board saw losses, with all the financial sector listed companies seeing slides into the red. AIB was down 27c to €17.99. Anglo Irish Bank fell 16c to €12.71 while Bank of Ireland saw a more modest 5c fall to €14.12. Irish Life and Permanent was down a hefty 40c to €19.70.