Bank of Ireland was another faller, finishing down 1.8 per cent at €5.19, while Paddy Power owner Flutter Entertainment closed 2.1 per cent lower at €144.40. LondonThe FTSE 100 edged 0.1 per cent lower, dragged by banks and industrial stocks, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 index closed down 0.55 per cent. The travel and leisure index fell as analysts BNP Paribas downgraded French meal card company Sodexo to “neutral”. Sodexo finished 3.7 per cent lower in Paris. Cryptocurrency-related stocks like Marathon Digital, Riot Blockchain and Coinbase fell between 6 per cent and 9 per cent as bitcoin swung in volatile trading.

Source: The Irish Times May 17, 2021 17:26 UTC