Food and tourism related companies clawed back some, but not all of the heavy losses suffered yesterday in the wake of the Irish foot-and-mouth outbreak.
Glanbia gained 8 cents to euro 0.598 or 16 per cent having fallen buy over 20 per cent yesterday. Golden Vale gained 13 cents to euro 0.80 and Jurys jumped 9 cents to euro 8.20.
Financial also posted gains with AIB up 10 cents at euro 10.48, Bank of Ireland gained 35 cent to euro 8.60 after issuing an upbeat pre results statement.
In London the FTSE 100 drifted back in afternoon but still closed 87.5 higher at 5,402.3, reducing the fall on the week to 2.9 per cent.
Baltimore took a battering after warning analysts of a sales slowdown in the US. Shares in the Dublin based software company plunged 31 per cent to 104p after a wave of broker downgrades. In one of the most bearish forecasts, JP Morgan warned Baltimore could fall to 40p.
Hopes of a Wall Street rally looked to be fading this evening, the Dow is hardly changed at 9,392, 2 points up. The latest weakness stems from rumours that US networking giant Cisco will issue a profit warning. In recent trading Cisco shares slid over 5 per cent.