Europe's leading stock markets were mixed this evening as Wall Street markets slumped again.
In Dublin, the ISEQ gained 18 points to end at 2,053, with Irish Life & Permanent down another five cent to 65 cent. Elan fell 13 cent to €4.85 after announcing job cuts, but CRH gained 52 cent to €16.07 and Paddy Power added 42 cent to €11.42.
London's FTSE closed 33 points (0.85%) higher at 3,849, with Barclays adding 7.5% to 105.5p and Lloyds up 6.5% to 57.5p. Frankfurt's DAX index fell 1.27 percent to close at 3,846.21 points and in Paris the CAC 40 shed 0.41 percent to 2,696.92.
On Wall Street, there appeared to be disappointment with the economic aspect of last night's speech to Congress by President Barack Obama. Gloomy housing data also hit sentiment. The Dow Jones was down 135 points (1.8%) at 7,216 and the Nasdaq was off 29 points (2%) at 1,413. Earlier in Tokyo, the Nikkei closed up 2.65% at 7,461.
