ISEQ up 69 points in morning trade

The ISEQ index of Irish shares is up 69.40 points, or 1.08%, this morning and now trading at 6,493.57 points.

Travel distribution software company Datalex shares are level today, after the company announced in an interim management statement that trading for the first four months of this year was in line with expectations, generating $11m (€7m) in revenue. Datalex shares are trading at 55c today.