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Markets Wrap: ISEQ jumps while global shares rise ahead of expected US rate hike

Euronext Dublin up 0.6 per cent as Smurfit Kappa, Kingspan and Kerry Group all show gains

Stocks rose globally on Tuesday as traders waited on results from Microsoft and Alphabet. Picture: Getty

Euronext Dublin, the Irish stock exchange, bettered London and New York on Tuesday, with its Iseq 20 index rising nearly 0.7 per cent thanks to strong performances from big names like Kingspan, Kerry Group and Smurfit Kappa.

It came as stocks rose globally while traders waited on results from Microsoft and Alphabet – both of which will issue quarterly earnings reports on Tuesday – to assess whether the noise around artificial intelligence will justify the ...