ISEQ in bullish form

The ISEQ-index of Irish shares performed well this morning gaining 66.74 points to 6662.33 by 11.30am.

All the banking big guns reported gains. AIB racked up a 23c increase to €13.88. Bank of Ireland jumped 37c to €10.12 with Irish Life and Permanent, up 35c to €12.04.