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Markets Wrap: Trading down across Europe amid manufacturing sector slump

Permanent TSB was the only bank to make notable gains in Dublin on the evening before the bank’s half year’s results

Dublin’s ISEQ has started the month down on previous close of trade. Picture: Getty

Dublin

Dublin’s ISEQ has started the month down on previous close of trade, falling 38 points (0.43 per cent) to 9,027.28, as stocks across Europe are shaken by the shrink in the manufacturing sector.

Down marginally from a strong start to the week on Monday, Euronext Dublin is still above where it was this time last week, after the market reached over 9,000 for the first time since the Celtic Tiger.

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