Irish banks give up some gains of recent days as AIB down 3.6% and BofI slides almost 1%

Higher interest income, modest increase in loans makes for lower activity at trading desk

Markets close: Dublin market end higher with the main movers including C&C, Ryanair and Flutter

Market report: Ryanair fell more than 2.3% after it appeared to end its “Ryanair Holidays” package travel brand

Irish inflation, Citigroup results and Euro zone industrial production

ESRI conference on budget perspectives and Norwegian Air reporting second-quarter results

Lender benefited from higher interest rates and growth in loans and deposits

Bank posts 11% rise in quarterly profit but bond trading revenue declined

For Your Diary: Global Payments, SAIC Motor Corp report; Green energy conference

Acquisition would create one of Europe’s biggest fund managers

JP Morgan and Barclays among banks fined while RBS received full immunity

President-elect runs rule over aides and contenders for top posts over the weekend

Banks among best performers on Iseq with Bank of Ireland surging nearly 6 per cent

Decision by Swiss central bank to end cap on franc spurred trading in currencies and bonds

$3.5bn spent on settling legal claims and adjusting operations

Zurich-based bank says court had last week rejected its request to dismiss the case

Allegations of exploitation of commodity markets to manipulate prices rejected

Based on purchasing power parity, China has edge over America

Free, open-source application seen as alternative to Bloomberg

Sources say US securities regulators looking into bank’s hiring practises in China

Legal bills lead to sharp drop in quarterly profit

Shares in Smurfit Kappa fall despite ‘positive’ note on paper and packaging pricing in Europe

Eight big banks agree penalties over allegations they formed cartels to fix two key benchmark interest rates

Citi Holdings losses fall to $104m from $3.55bn

Anti-capitalist group wants tax on Wall Street financial transactions

Syrian Electronic Army has disrupted US web outlets and threatens worse if Washington bombs Damascus

UK blue-chip share index closes best week in six months