
The London Stock Exchange closed at an all time high today after climbing 0.5pc over the course of the day.
The FTSE 100 share indexes' closing level of 6,949.63 beat a record that had been unsurpassed since 1999.
The FTSE 100 has bounced back relatively quickly from the global financial crisis - doubling since March 2009.
In contrast, in Dublin the ISEQ index of Irish shares is about 40pc below its 2007 peak.