The ISEQ index of Irish shares closed up 0.7% to 3255 points this evening.

Readymix shareholders will vote on the proposed €27.4m takeover of the company on Apr 5.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares finished up 31 points to 3,207, a gain of 1%.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares closed down five points to 3,093, a drop of 0.16%.

Directors of Readymix areconsidering a takeover approach from majority shareholder Cemex, which would most likely see the Irish cement producer leave the Irish Stock Exchange.

Readymix is expecting its total losses for 2011 to amount to €54 million.

Readymix in a trading statement issued today said revenues fell 15% in 2011 with pre-tax losses for the year expected to be around €54m.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares closed up 61 points to 3,068, a rise of 2.01%.

READYMIX’s share price shot up by over 500% yesterday on the back of it entering talks which could lead to the takeover of the company.

THE ISEQ yesterday closed at 2,865.35 up 28.60 points — the sixth successive day delivering a rise, though on reduced trading.

READYMIX, the cement product and building materials provider, has reported a 6.5% year-on-year fall in revenue for the third quarter of the year — adding that pre-tax losses in the year to date have nearly trebled.

BUILDING material group Readymix said trading conditions have deteriorated further this year.

DUNDRUM surprised hot-pot Tornedo Shay to the tune of eight lengths in the Killarney Veterinary Clinic Race at the Kerry track last night.

FIRST-QUARTER losses at building materials provider Readymix widened by €400,000 to €4.2 million this year, with revenue for the first three months of the year down by 27%, year-on-year.

SHARES in Readymix — the Dublin-headquartered cement product and building materials provider — fell by 10% in early trading yesterday on the back of the company announcing that a potential sale of the business is now unlikely to materialise.

SHARES in building materials company Readymix soared over 40% yesterday, on news that the cement products specialist has received a takeover approach.

BUILDING materials company Readymix has reported a pre-tax loss of €6.6 million for the first half of the year and has said that it may need fresh capital for long-term development projects.

Readymix today reported pre-tax loss of €6.6m for the first six months of the year.

READYMIX is anticipating making another full-year loss in 2010, as trading conditions in the second half of the year are unlikely to pick up significantly.

THE ISEQ index of Irish shares nudged forward by another 10 points (0.33%), yesterday, to close at just under 3,100 and just about keep up its slow growth momentum from earlier in the week.

THE ISEQ’s poor start to the week descended into freefall yesterday, as the index fell by 6.5% to its lowest point for two months and nearly €3 billion was wiped off the combined value of Irish shares.

BUILDING materials and cement products company Readymix has reported a significant lowering of losses for the third quarter of the year and for the current year to date, on the back of its continued cost restructuring moves.

The ISEQ index fell sharply in line with bourses throughout Europe after losses on Wall Street as markets reacted cautiously to positive comments made by the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday.

FERRY and freight services group, Irish Continental (ICG), Paddy Power, DCC and Elan were among the best performing stocks in an otherwise dull day’s trading in Dublin, yesterday.

READYMIX is considering the sale of certain non-core assets in the wake of the economic and property market downturns eating into product demand and financial results in the first half of the year.

Irish shares recovered some ground in early trading after yesterday's sell-off, with the ISEQ index up 23.85 points to 2,882.13 by 11.15am.

Building materials group Readymix has reported a pre-tax loss of €6.9m and an operating loss before non-recurring items of €7.1m for the first six months of 2009.

READYMIX has forecast it will post a pre-tax loss of nearly €7 million for the first half of this year.

THREE out of four Irish construction companies are not building houses, three out of 10 do not expect to complete a single house this year and half do not expect to restart on sites until next year, a survey has found.

READYMIX has succeeded in reducing its first quarter losses, but a 2.5% year-on-year decline still meant the company made a pre-tax loss of €3.9 million for the first three months of this year.

CEMENT products and building materials company, Readymix has warned that this year will see it make further operating losses — albeit at “substantially” reduced levels to the heavy losses it has just posted for 2008.

THE 27 quoted companies on the Irish Stock Exchange who operate defined benefit pensions schemes are running deficits totalling €3.5 billion, according to a study conducted by Attain Consulting.

Readymix plc has said it expects to record before-tax losses of about €10m for the first six months of the year.

Readymix has issued its first interim management statement today, revealing a drop in demand for its products.

READYMIX PLC said annual profit fell 42% as a housing slump curbed demand for its products.

The Dublin stock exchange saw almost €4bn wiped off its value today as fears over the US economy grew.

The ISEQ-index of Irish shares toppled head first into negative territory this morning as losses were made across the board. By 11am stocks had dipped 136.45 points to 6772.69.

The construction sector suffered another blow this morning as building materials group Readymix warned its profits for 2007 are likely to fall below expectations.

LONG-DISTANCE farming wasn’t what Bernadette and Gerald Sheehan had in mind when they bought 160 acres of land in coastal west Cork 10 years ago.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares endured a torrid morning of trading today, falling 117.81 points to 7667.50 by 11.05am.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares lost 161 points this morning, after a positive start began to reverse yesterday's 300-point fall.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares was down this morning, falling 335.51 points to 8365.62.

Readymix has reported that their profits for the first half of 2007 have dropped by 9.6% compared to the same period 12 months ago.

The value of Irish shares plunged by almost 2½% in a day of disaster for the ISEQ index.