Smurfit Kappa down despite acquisitions while Kingspan and Paddy Power both rise

DAX down more than 3%, FTSEurofirst 300 and Euro STOXX 50 lose 2%, Iseq down 1.5%

Irish oil explorer recently puts itself up for sale after breaching loan conditions

Both crude benchmarks are down by more than two-thirds since prices started tumbling in 2014

Banks report figures showing they paid combined $31m in corporation tax in 2014

Investors brace for the fallout of Fed’s first US interest rate rise in nearly a decade

Order book more than nine times oversubscribed

Music streaming service to list on Paris stock exchange at the end of October

Investors hunt for bargains in industrials and basic materials; mixed opening for Europe expected

Irish subsidiary that used to be State’s biggest bank has shrunk 96%

IPO set to be one of the largest in UK for four years, and will benefit all employees

Deal would copperfasten US-owned group’s position as Ireland’s largest pharmacy chain

Sale of 40% stake the start of €12bn privatisation programme

Nearly 1,300 firm shares suspended on China exchanges as shares fall between 4 and 5%

Government unveils another battery of measures to stem tide

Two-thirds of surveyed companies grew sales in last financial year, ‘Irish Times’ report finds

Deutsche Bank considering cutting down its UK operations if Britain leaves EU

Scale of Irish operation diminishes as assets fall to just €20bn, headcount falls by a third and bank pays dividend of $4.1bn to UK parent

Bank said the deal attracted a high quality mix of 139 investors

The iPhone maker issued $6.5 billion of debt Monday, locking in borrowing costs for as long as three decades