AIB shares rise on full market debut

Shares in the bank initially rose by 8% as they began unconditional trading on the Irish stock market

AIB shares began unconditional trading on the stock market today

Shares in AIB rose by more than eight per cent as they made their full market debut on the Dublin and London stock markets this morning before slipping back slightly to €4.73 by 09:00 a.m., a gain of 7.5 per cent onlast week's flotation price.

The bank's chief executive Bernard Byrne, who rang the ceremonial bell at the Irish Stock Exchange to mark the start of unconditional trading in the shares, said the ...