A former glass bottling plant at Ringsend in Dublin has been sold for €412m to newly-minted company Becbay, which now acquires 100% of the issued share capital of South Wharf.

ARDAGH GLASS has bought the British glass business of packaging giant Rexam for £50 million (€72m.)

THE Dublin market fell for the first day in six, on profit taking. After a record five-day rally, the ISEQ index eased 14.39 points to 6768.77, in line with the negative trend across European bourses.