THE ISEQ posted a slight gain of 0.27 points to 2,965.12 in light trading yesterday.

THE ISEQ index fell 10.25 points to 2,920.18 in line with most of the major European and world bourses yesterday.

THE ISEQ index dipped 6.45 points to 2,864.39 yesterday.

THE ISEQ index added 5.01 points to 2,870.84 yesterday. European stocks fell slightly, as concerns about the eurozone increased ahead of debt auctions next week and US data showed far fewer jobs were created in December than forecast.

The ISEQ index commenced the new week with a decline of 11.50 points to 2,655.30.

THE ISEQ started the new week with a gain of 19.81 points to 2,721.32, boosted mainly by a strong performance from construction heavyweight CRH.

Dublin-headquartered homebuilder Abbey PLC in interim results relased today reported a pre-tax loss of €5.39m for the six months to end October, compared to a profit of €18.20m for the corresponding period last year.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares staged a comeback today, climbing 156 points to 6820.48.

The ISEQ index of shares bounced back from yesterday's losses with early gains of 31.9 to 7634.28 this morning.

SHARES in Dublin closed lower for a fifth consecutive day, with the ISEQ losing 7.15 points to 5586.04.

The ISEQ index of shares finished on a high today after suffering losses in early trading.

Warner Chilcott's FDA approval for menopause symptom drug Femtrace has not helped the company share price this morning, after it fell by nine cent to €8.87.

The ISEQ index of shares was down 13.58 at 5,432.09 at midday today.

CHAIRMAN of house building group Abbey plc Charles Gallagher warned yesterday that a 15% to 20% house price correction in the Irish market cannot be ruled out.

Residential house builder Abbey plc reports a profit before taxation of €28.81m, a jump of €7.63m for the same period last year.

Irish pharmaceutical giant Elan saw its share price advance 57c to €5.97 on the ISEQ today as news of its intention to launch a new painkiller to the US market by Spring 2005 reached the market.

The Dublin market was down this morning after share prices in CRH and Galen Holdings fell.

The Dublin ISEQ closed higher after mixed trading this morning, buoyed up by the construction and pharmaceutical sectors.

PROFITS at builders Abbey Plc soared by 37% to €36.7m with the buoyant Irish housing market pushing profit margins in the sector to 28.4%.