The Iseq Index continued to gain ground despite data released which showed employment levels are continuing to decline, falling a further 0.8% quarter-on-quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis in Q2. The Irish Exchange climbed 41.4 points to 3323.0.

THE ISEQ index clawed back some of its recent losses in line with other European bourses yesterday.

THE ISEQ closed in positive territory ahead of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend in line with worldwide bourses. The Irish Exchange was 21.99 points higher on the day.

The ISEQ index continued its positive run from last week in line with other European bourses, rising above 3,000 points yesterday.

THE ISEQ finished the week lower after the previous day’s gains. The Irish Exchange closed down 14.69 points to 2830.74 on the day.

THE ISEQ Index finished in positive territory for a second consecutive day as talks began between the IMF, EU and ECB in Dublin regarding the Government’s four-year budgetary plan and the Irish banking crisis.

THE ISEQ Index recovered somewhat yesterday as it emerged European Union and IMF officials would begin talks with Irish regulatory authorities today to discuss details of a possible rescue plan.

The global economic downturn is the worst financial crisis since the 1929 Wall Street Crash, former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald claimed today.

Irish Stock Exchange chairman David Kingston has today announced the appointment of Deirdre Somers as chief executive designate.

The board of the Irish Stock Exchange has announced that its chief executive, Tom Healy, is to retire from the Exchange in June 2007.

THE ISEQ index was more or less unchanged as the financial and construction sector had a mixture of positive and negative closing prices. The Irish Exchange closed down 0.67 points to 8,531.16.

THE ISEQ index rebounded somewhat from Friday’s slump. The Irish Exchange climbed 20.14 points to 7781.83.

The ISEQ gained 45.05 points to finish on 7640.62 today, with the financials making up for mixed results elsewhere.

THE Irish Exchange gained for the second consecutive day as the financials pushed the market upward. The ISEQ Index rose 15.23 points to close at 7443.8.

COLIN MARTIN, the Irishman who has served over seven years in a Thai jail for a murder he claims not to have committed, wants to stay in the country if he is released, as expected, in the coming weeks.