ISEQ down over 1%

The ISEQ index of Irish shares closed down 32.38 points at 3,024.92, a drop of 1.06%.

Among notable fallers were CRH, down 35c to €17.74; Tullow Oil, shedding 25c to €13.90; Smurfit Kappa, slipping 20c to €6.15; Grafton Group, down 8c to €3.17; Elan Corp, also down 8c, to €5.42;, and Ryanair, down 7c to €3.43.