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Markets Wrap: Global stocks hold firm despite shaky oil prices

Ires Reit led the Iseq higher after the real estate giant announced the date of next month’s EGM

The price of Brent crude oil dived on Monday, after conflict in the Middle East and attacks on Red Sea cargo ships has led prices to climb. Picture: Getty

The Irish stock exchange finished the first day in a week in trade up 0.71 per cent as global markets held firm despite tumbling oil prices.

Ires Reit led the ISEQ higher after the real estate giant announced the date of next month’s extraordinary general meeting (EGM), rising 4.84 per cent €1.126.

On Monday, shareholders at the real estate giant were advised to vote against all the resolutions put forward by activist investor Vision ...