The stock market closed marginally weaker after a quiet day's trading as a lack of news and the closure of British markets for a bank holiday dampened activity.
"Volumes have been very thin, there hasn't been a lot of news," one trader noted.
Among the leading shares, Bank of Ireland lost 15 cents to €10.75, AIB shed a cent to €12.40 and CRH lost three cents to €19.90. Elan was down 50 cents at €60.00, Smurfit shed a cent to E;2.39 while Ryanair was up 19 cents at €11.45.
Hotel group Jurys Doyle lost seven cents to €9.65 after it said its key tourism months had been hit by the foot-and-mouth crisis and slowing economies. However, the hotelier also said that it expected the rest of the year to be ahead of the same period in 2000.
Dealers reported good interest in certain second-line stocks such as Heiton, which gained 14 cents to €3.35 and Grafton, up five cents at €3.10.
In the technology sector, trading was quiet. Horizon fell by two cents to €0.80 while Riverdeep was up nine cents at €4.15.
