There were slight gains in a day of few big moves on the Irish Stock Exchange today.

Dame Clara Furse is planning to step down from her role as chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, it was reported today.

The Irish Stock Exchange failed to gain ground once more today initial gains were wiped out by a late slump in market confidence.

The Dublin stock exchange is down nearly 5% on early trading.

The value of Irish shares fell by more than 1% today, as the ISEQ index dropped 80.25 points to 6,065.64 by close of trade today.

The value of Irish shares plummeted by 2.40% in morning trading today, as the ISEQ index dropped 196.79 points to 7985.97 by midday today.

The Irish Stock Exchange has today reported strong growth in equity trading volumes in the first quarter of 2007.

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) today branded Nasdaq’s £2.7bn (€4bn) takeover bid as “wholly inadequate” as it urged shareholders to reject the offer.

The Irish Stock Exchange has reported continued strong growth in equity trading volumes in the first half of 2005.

THE London Stock Exchange has taken the unprecedented step of publishing a public statement to defend the reputation of its chief executive Clara Furse.

The London Stock Exchange today launched a vigorous defence of its business in the wake of a “unfounded rumours” circulating in the market.

Shares plummeted all over the world today in the aftermath of the huge terrorist attacks on the US.