ISEQ in positive territory
The ISEQ index of Irish shares made up for some of yesterday's losses, rising 149.34 points to 7510.71, by the end of day's trading.
Shares in eircom rose 5c to €2.20 following the announcement that Australian finance house Babcock and Brown has joined forces with the eircom Employee Share Ownership Trust (ESOT) to make a long-anticipated €2.4bn offer for eircom.