It has been a quiet morning for investors as the ISEQ-index of Irish shares made modest gains with a 20.31 increase to stand at 9320.74 at 11.15am.

Mobile data services provider zamano has reported satisfactory turnover and profits at the end of 2006 following successfully listing on AIM just a few months ago on October 31.

INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION plans to float on London’s Alternative Investment Market and the Irish Enterprise Exchange in 2008.

GOVERNMENT coffers will get a €1.3 billion tax boost from the booming stock exchange in 2006 while stockbrokers look set to generate gross profits of up to €600m for the year.

TRADING in equities on the Irish Stock Exchange in the first half of 2006 was €65.8 billion — up 20% over the same period in 2005.

IRISH Stock Exchange (ISE) chief executive Tom Healy said yesterday that the Dublin market was too small for an initial public offering, adding that it was in no hurry to consolidate.

The newly listed Newcourt Group has announced its first set of results since its admission to the Irish Enterprise Exchange last November. The company is involved in the security and recruitment sectors.

Mining company Glencar has announced the conditional placing of 18,002,000 new ordinary shares of nominal value €0.031 in the capital of the company at STG£0.07 per share, equating to approximately 8.69% of the existing issued share capital of the company and raising in aggregate £1.26m (€1.8m) before expenses.

A MAJOR deal between Dublin oil and gas exploration company Providence Resources and the world’s largest oil company Exxon Mobil is expected to be announced today.

THE Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) is more likely to be involved in partnership agreements than be taken over by a bigger player as European markets consolidate, its chief executive said yesterday.

Turnover on the Irish Stock Exchange last year increased by 50% to almost €109bn, taking the ISEQ index to an all-time high, it was revealed today.

PROVIDENCE Resources, the Dublin-based oil and gas exploration company headed by Tony O’Reilly Jnr, is well-positioned for further growth and expects its full-year results for 2005 — to be issued in March — to illustrate a positive trading performance in line with expectations.

The Irish Stock Exchange today celebrates ten years of independent trading.

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

MINING and exploration company Minmet promised shareholders a London listing yesterday as it reported pre-tax losses of $3 million (€2.5 million) for the six months to June.

BUILDINGS management specialist Irish Estates is to list on the Dublin stock exchange’s secondary market at the end of the month, it was announced yesterday.

EXPLORATION company Ormonde Mining had good news for shareholders yesterday when it published results from its latest drilling programme at a gold and copper site in southern Spain. The share price added 3% on the news.

MOBILE communications company Fitzwilliam Capital had a busy debut on the Dublin stock exchange yesterday, as shares worth almost €2 million changed hands.

Online and direct seller of subscription-based mobile phone contracts in Germany Fitzwilliam Capital has been admitted to the IEX market of the Irish Stock Exchange.

Today: IIB Bank and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) publish the results of a survey on consumer debt levels.

RESOURCE company Glencar Mining has raised €1.23 million, before expenses, from a share placing.

RESOURCE company Glencar Mining is to seek a listing on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

THE Irish Stock Exchange saw its annual surplus more than double last year.

The ISEQ index of shares fell 6.07 points to close at 6207.58 tonight.

Lapp Plats plc has been admitted to the Irish Enterprise Exchange, the new market for small to mid-sized companies launched by the Irish Stock Exchange in April this year.

Exploration company Providence has announced in its preliminary results for 2004 that profit after tax was €165,000, up from a net loss of €580,000 in 2003.

The ISEQ endured a tough start to the week today, falling below the 6000 landmark to close the day down 103.65 to 5,977.74.

DUBLIN’S new specialist market for small companies had a quiet start yesterday, attracting trades worth less than €150,000.

The ISEQ has edged 3.73 higher to 6,143.84 on a day when IEX – the new market for small to mid-sized Irish companies – formally commenced operations.

Ormonde Mining plc announced today its market quotation on the Irish Stock Exchange will be transferred from the Exploration Securities Market to the new Irish Enterprise Exchange.

THE Irish Stock Exchange’s new specialist market will start off with eight companies when it opens for business next month, it was announced yesterday.

The Irish Stock Exchange is to launch its new market, the Irish Enterprise Exchange (IEX), on April 12. IEX is a new market especially designed for small to mid-sized companies.

THE Irish Stock Exchange’s specialist market for smaller companies will open for business next month, it emerged yesterday.

Ormonde has revealed it will be seeking admission to the Alternative Investment Market in order to facilitate its intended growth from an exploration and development company into a gold producer.