Stocks are stumbling into the end of the year. After falling 1% on Friday, markets are indicated lower by another 1% in premarket trading.

Wall Street’s main stock indexes opened sharply lower on Monday and hit their lowest in over a week — as sparse trading volumes and the specter of elevated Treasury yields cast a cloud over the traditionally strong year-end rally for equities.

Ryanair was more sluggish on the day, edging down 0.1 per cent to €19.11. But Bank of Ireland added 0.7 per cent to €8.69 and AIB closed 0.4 per cent higher at €5.31 on what was the last full day of Dublin trading in 2024.