Turmoil continued on the main European markets today on the deepening crisis in the US credit market.
The Dublin Market closed down nearly 1%, or down 81 points at 8482.
European stocks ended lower after a choppy day of trade as financial stocks led losers on renewed concern about the risky US subprime market.
Around Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 index fell 1.72%, Germany's DAX dropped 1.45% and France's CAC 40 fell 1.68%.
Around half way into the session on Wall Street the Dow Jones was slightly higher and the Nasdaq was down 0.35% as oil prices climbed to a record high of $78.71 a barrel amid supply worries.
