Ireland's benchmark stock index, the Iseq Index, rose 0.32 per cent at 8.05am.
The index of 64 companies traded on the Irish Stock Exchange rose 19.60 to 6,140.16. Among the stocks in the index, 12 rose, 6 fell and 46 were unchanged.
Gains in the ISEQ Index were led by Elan, Anglo Irish Bank Corp and Allied Irish Banks.
Bloomberg