ISEQ slightly down

The ISEQ index of Irish shares closed at 2,416.22, down 33.97 points, a drop of 1.39%.

Most of the major banks were up - Bank of Ireland went back abovew the €1 mark, up 12c to €.105, Anglo Irish Bank, while also rising, is still below €1, up 9c to 92c.

AIB was up 6c to €2.24 while Irish Life & Permanent was the only faller, down 6c to €1.44.

Elsewhere, Irish Continental was the biggest faller, down 80c to €15, CRH was down 53c to €16.23 and Smurfit Kappa was down 10c to €1.75.