Transaction in Own Shares

22nd January 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 21st January 2019 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the "ordinary shares") on the London Stock Exchange and/or Euronext Dublin, from CRH's broker UBS Limited. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

London Stock Exchange

Euronext Dublin

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

27,600

124,783

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,238.0000

€25.3000

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,213.0000

€24.9600

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,224.1935

€25.1495

The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to €1 billion over a 12 month period following its announcement on 25th April 2018 and were effected by CRH's broker as part of the Phase 4 Programme announced on 28th December 2018.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 29,303,469 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 814,086,869 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), a detailed breakdown of individual trades made by UBS Limited on behalf of CRH as part of the buyback programme is scheduled to this announcement.

Contact:

Diarmuid Enright

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

Issuer name:

CRH plc

LEI

549300MIDJNNTH068E74

ISIN:

IE0001827041

Intermediary name:

UBS Limited

Intermediary code:

UBSWGB24

Time zone:

BST

Currency:

GBp & EUR (as indicated below)

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Currency

Volume Weighted Average Price

Aggregated volume

London Stock Exchange

GBp

2,224.1935

27,600

Euronext Dublin

EUR

25.1495

124,783

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

603

2,228

LSE

08:17:52

736658

35

2,232

LSE

08:23:03

743050

34

2,232

LSE

08:23:03

743048

567

2,232

LSE

08:23:03

743041

178

2,238

LSE

08:27:47

748833

500

2,238

LSE

08:27:47

748831

627

2,231

LSE

08:34:15

756713

313

2,224

LSE

08:53:28

777602

283

2,224

LSE

08:54:02

778083

489

2,222

LSE

09:02:19

787208

154

2,222

LSE

09:02:19

787206

577

2,217

LSE

09:08:25

794193

99

2,213

LSE

09:17:35

802788

528

2,213

LSE

09:17:36

802811

552

2,220

LSE

09:36:00

821029

330

2,223

LSE

09:41:12

826699

298

2,223

LSE

09:41:12

826701

567

2,223

LSE

09:41:12

826695

77

2,225

LSE

09:50:16

837782

486

2,225

LSE

09:50:16

837780

616

2,225

LSE

10:00:02

851016

24

2,221

LSE

10:11:09

856709

214

2,221

LSE

10:11:25

856865

365

2,221

LSE

10:11:25

856863

357

2,225

LSE

10:33:07

869826

199

2,225

LSE

10:33:07

869828

672

2,225

LSE

10:33:07

869774

557

2,225

LSE

10:49:56

879949

600

2,225

LSE

10:53:42

882302

31

2,225

LSE

10:53:42

882300

660

2,228

LSE

11:07:11

889493

564

2,233

LSE

11:18:02

895350

590

2,233

LSE

11:27:13

900518

464

2,229

LSE

11:35:22

904832

213

2,229

LSE

11:35:22

904834

551

2,227

LSE

11:49:54

911279

586

2,229

LSE

11:57:04

915034

55

2,229

LSE

11:57:04

915036

285

2,229

LSE

12:10:26

921873

312

2,229

LSE

12:10:26

921871

550

2,228

LSE

12:21:18

926776

679

2,227

LSE

12:37:32

934091

290

2,226

LSE

12:55:53

942244

310

2,226

LSE

12:55:53

942242

653

2,222

LSE

13:03:00

946202

375

2,223

LSE

13:12:05

950901

1

2,223

LSE

13:12:05

950899

291

2,223

LSE

13:12:05

950903

605

2,221

LSE

13:21:53

956586

16

2,224

LSE

13:34:50

963760

399

2,224

LSE

13:34:50

963758

179

2,224

LSE

13:34:50

963756

552

2,221

LSE

13:45:01

969332

288

2,220

LSE

13:50:27

972659

350

2,220

LSE

13:50:27

972657

553

2,221

LSE

13:57:22

977017

546

2,221

LSE

14:02:21

979969

125

2,221

LSE

14:02:21

979967

677

2,220

LSE

14:13:56

986763

549

2,221

LSE

14:23:00

992710

379

2,223

LSE

14:30:59

998721

255

2,223

LSE

14:30:59

998719

614

2,223

LSE

14:35:01

1001943

588

2,221

LSE

14:36:48

1003366

158

2,220

LSE

14:44:25

1008906

399

2,220

LSE

14:44:25

1008904

81

2,220

LSE

14:44:25

1008902

639

2,220

LSE

14:47:01

1011048

630

2,219

LSE

14:51:28

1014478

68

2,217

LSE

14:56:49

1018310

108

2,217

LSE

14:56:49

1018308

62

2,217

LSE

14:56:50

1018329

134

2,217

LSE

14:56:57

1018429

85

2,217

LSE

14:56:57

1018427

200

2,217

LSE

14:56:57

1018384

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

595

25.16

ISE

08:18:50

737700

146

25.22

ISE

08:23:08

743125

132

25.22

ISE

08:23:08

743117

464

25.22

ISE

08:23:08

743115

226

25.27

ISE

08:27:21

748218

1,123

25.30

ISE

08:27:36

748551

194

25.27

ISE

08:28:43

749817

565

25.27

ISE

08:28:43

749815

28

25.27

ISE

08:28:43

749813

127

25.27

ISE

08:28:43

749811

463

25.27

ISE

08:28:43

749807

556

25.16

ISE

08:40:03

762723

341

25.17

ISE

08:49:23

773202

218

25.17

ISE

08:49:28

773287

596

25.13

ISE

08:53:30

777627

585

25.11

ISE

08:54:20

778429

56

25.08

ISE

09:00:37

785751

452

25.08

ISE

09:00:37

785749

186

25.07

ISE

09:02:19

787212

323

25.07

ISE

09:02:19

787210

583

25.04

ISE

09:08:01

793777

400

25.03

ISE

09:08:33

794325

473

25.02

ISE

09:12:13

797807

85

25.02

ISE

09:12:40

798330

2

24.98

ISE

09:17:31

802733

125

24.98

ISE

09:17:35

802792

136

24.98

ISE

09:17:36

802821

200

24.98

ISE

09:17:36

802819

200

24.98

ISE

09:17:36

802817

363

24.98

ISE

09:17:36

802813

330

24.96

ISE

09:18:11

803334

207

24.96

ISE

09:18:11

803332

595

24.97

ISE

09:21:02

805956

142

24.96

ISE

09:22:07

806921

380

24.96

ISE

09:22:07

806919

323

24.98

ISE

09:24:21

808940

52

25.05

ISE

09:31:01

815321

63

25.08

ISE

09:36:00

821034

800

25.08

ISE

09:36:00

821032

73

25.10

ISE

09:41:12

826710

500

25.10

ISE

09:41:12

826708

560

25.10

ISE

09:41:12

826697

498

25.11

ISE

09:44:15

830782

39

25.10

ISE

09:44:34

831122

654

25.12

ISE

09:49:45

836956

188

25.11

ISE

09:50:17

837846

400

25.11

ISE

09:50:17

837844

400

25.11

ISE

10:00:08

851131

316

25.11

ISE

10:00:28

851329

521

25.08

ISE

10:07:00

854756

75

25.05

ISE

10:14:21

858359

98

25.06

ISE

10:14:21

858356

796

25.06

ISE

10:14:21

858354

258

25.06

ISE

10:14:21

858352

197

25.05

ISE

10:15:13

858809

441

25.05

ISE

10:15:13

858805

371

25.05

ISE

10:15:13

858807

14

25.07

ISE

10:18:31

860676

443

25.07

ISE

10:19:41

861308

219

25.13

ISE

10:31:05

868016

316

25.13

ISE

10:31:05

868014

439

25.13

ISE

10:31:05

868012

578

25.11

ISE

10:33:19

869990

211

25.07

ISE

10:34:51

871000

184

25.07

ISE

10:34:51

870998

135

25.07

ISE

10:34:52

871028

156

25.11

ISE

10:45:01

877028

60

25.13

ISE

10:49:54

879901

593

25.13

ISE

10:49:55

879917

474

25.13

ISE

10:49:55

879915

567

25.13

ISE

10:53:42

882304

163

25.12

ISE

10:53:48

882364

400

25.12

ISE

10:53:48

882358

209

25.15

ISE

11:00:01

885666

52

25.15

ISE

11:00:01

885664

211

25.16

ISE

11:05:24

888549

310

25.21

ISE

11:10:19

891041

112

25.21

ISE

11:11:32

891787

256

25.21

ISE

11:12:29

892518

121

25.21

ISE

11:12:30

892539

724

25.23

ISE

11:14:21

893424

71

25.22

ISE

11:15:01

893718

541

25.22

ISE

11:15:01

893716

103

25.22

ISE

11:15:01

893714

300

25.21

ISE

11:15:21

893948

216

25.21

ISE

11:15:24

893983

82

25.21

ISE

11:15:24

893973

390

25.24

ISE

11:18:02

895355

113

25.24

ISE

11:18:02

895352

490

25.25

ISE

11:20:57

896921

63

25.25

ISE

11:20:59

896947

37

25.25

ISE

11:20:59

896945

452

25.25

ISE

11:20:59

896943

332

25.23

ISE

11:21:18

897164

225

25.23

ISE

11:21:18

897118

84

25.25

ISE

11:28:45

901235

408

25.25

ISE

11:28:45

901229

581

25.23

ISE

11:29:58

901885

519

25.25

ISE

11:32:20

903355

21

25.23

ISE

11:34:26

904367

389

25.21

ISE

11:36:15

905313

159

25.21

ISE

11:36:15

905311

55

25.18

ISE

11:44:48

909131

717

25.21

ISE

11:49:54

911277

586

25.20

ISE

11:53:20

913062

605

25.24

ISE

11:56:43

914866

692

25.23

ISE

11:57:04

915038

517

25.23

ISE

12:00:01

916604

66

25.23

ISE

12:00:01

916602

512

25.20

ISE

12:00:28

916800

417

25.22

ISE

12:06:46

919961

107

25.22

ISE

12:06:46

919957

485

25.23

ISE

12:12:00

922522

294

25.22

ISE

12:17:12

924653

191

25.22

ISE

12:17:12

924651

600

25.22

ISE

12:24:35

928115

366

25.21

ISE

12:30:26

930652

300

25.21

ISE

12:30:26

930650

416

25.22

ISE

12:30:26

930648

239

25.21

ISE

12:31:11

931085

380

25.21

ISE

12:37:14

933912

100

25.21

ISE

12:37:14

933910

48

25.21

ISE

12:37:14

933908

518

25.19

ISE

12:39:41

935009

593

25.19

ISE

12:39:54

935069

31

25.19

ISE

12:39:54

935067

210

25.22

ISE

12:46:51

937993

240

25.22

ISE

12:49:53

939419

217

25.23

ISE

12:52:05

940418

332

25.23

ISE

12:52:05

940416

223

25.23

ISE

12:55:17

941996

223

25.23

ISE

12:55:53

942265

357

25.23

ISE

12:55:53

942263

551

25.23

ISE

12:55:53

942248

302

25.23

ISE

12:55:53

942246

194

25.21

ISE

12:55:55

942380

547

25.19

ISE

12:56:30

942743

80

25.18

ISE

12:59:21

944057

548

25.16

ISE

13:00:42

945033

157

25.16

ISE

13:12:05

950917

139

25.16

ISE

13:12:05

950914

21

25.16

ISE

13:12:05

950912

250

25.16

ISE

13:12:05

950908

215

25.15

ISE

13:12:07

951004

337

25.15

ISE

13:12:08

951019

20

25.15

ISE

13:12:11

951037

480

25.15

ISE

13:12:11

951035

581

25.13

ISE

13:12:26

951156

123

25.13

ISE

13:15:37

952928

359

25.14

ISE

13:18:31

954443

535

25.14

ISE

13:20:05

955541

521

25.16

ISE

13:26:58

959504

638

25.16

ISE

13:29:26

960575

492

25.17

ISE

13:29:26

960569

552

25.16

ISE

13:29:59

961030

208

25.16

ISE

13:31:21

961852

538

25.16

ISE

13:35:05

963957

546

25.15

ISE

13:35:06

963991

205

25.14

ISE

13:39:21

966292

217

25.13

ISE

13:45:01

969337

591

25.12

ISE

13:45:01

969335

438

25.12

ISE

13:47:11

970688

200

25.12

ISE

13:47:11

970686

518

25.13

ISE

13:50:27

972661

261

25.12

ISE

13:50:46

972838

192

25.14

ISE

14:02:20

979961

224

25.14

ISE

14:02:20

979963

323

25.14

ISE

14:02:20

979959

226

25.14

ISE

14:02:20

979957

319

25.14

ISE

14:02:20

979955

539

25.12

ISE

14:02:21

979981

423

25.14

ISE

14:06:51

982580

523

25.14

ISE

14:11:34

985288

255

25.13

ISE

14:13:41

986595

503

25.13

ISE

14:13:55

986753

517

25.13

ISE

14:13:55

986751

494

25.14

ISE

14:17:00

988887

205

25.14

ISE

14:17:11

989036

546

25.17

ISE

14:25:42

994350

810

25.16

ISE

14:25:51

994416

435

25.16

ISE

14:26:01

994513

283

25.15

ISE

14:27:16

995433

277

25.15

ISE

14:28:17

996287

653

25.16

ISE

14:31:30

999156

589

25.17

ISE

14:31:30

999105

605

25.15

ISE

14:31:31

999213

149

25.18

ISE

14:35:01

1001989

73

25.18

ISE

14:35:01

1001977

536

25.16

ISE

14:35:14

1002337

10

25.16

ISE

14:35:21

1002441

568

25.16

ISE

14:35:21

1002436

59

25.16

ISE

14:35:21

1002434

258

25.16

ISE

14:35:21

1002432

188

25.15

ISE

14:37:27

1003822

153

25.15

ISE

14:37:47

1004037

632

25.14

ISE

14:37:56

1004128

250

25.13

ISE

14:37:57

1004160

212

25.13

ISE

14:37:57

1004158

586

25.14

ISE

14:41:24

1006539

101

25.14

ISE

14:42:29

1007261

302

25.14

ISE

14:42:41

1007482

337

25.14

ISE

14:43:42

1008337

176

25.14

ISE

14:43:42

1008335

261

25.14

ISE

14:43:42

1008333

544

25.14

ISE

14:44:25

1008898

29

25.12

ISE

14:47:01

1011054

74

25.13

ISE

14:47:01

1011052

106

25.12

ISE

14:47:02

1011068

336

25.12

ISE

14:47:02

1011060

303

25.12

ISE

14:47:02

1011058

450

25.12

ISE

14:50:54

1014090

74

25.12

ISE

14:51:03

1014228

248

25.11

ISE

14:51:28

1014630

85

25.11

ISE

14:51:28

1014628

84

25.11

ISE

14:51:28

1014625

36

25.11

ISE

14:51:28

1014618

216

25.11

ISE

14:51:28

1014579

66

25.11

ISE

14:51:28

1014535

548

25.11

ISE

14:51:28

1014502

517

25.11

ISE

14:51:28

1014484

524

25.11

ISE

14:51:28

1014482

616

25.10

ISE

14:54:42

1016880

54

25.10

ISE

14:56:01

1017732

446

25.09

ISE

14:56:49

1018312

200

25.09

ISE

14:56:49

1018306

105

25.09

ISE

14:56:54

1018368

445

25.09

ISE

14:56:54

1018366

891

25.09

ISE

14:56:54

1018362

250

25.09

ISE

14:56:54

1018364

530

25.08

ISE

14:58:36

1019566

250

25.09

ISE

14:58:36

1019541

560

25.08

ISE

14:59:09

1019924

738

25.07

ISE

14:59:18

1019997

30

25.07

ISE

14:59:40

1020357

491

25.05

ISE

15:00:50

1021798

314

25.05

ISE

15:01:06

1022138

95

25.05

ISE

15:01:06

1022136

249

25.06

ISE

15:01:10

1022198

51

25.06

ISE

15:01:10

1022190

234

25.06

ISE

15:01:20

1022335

244

25.06

ISE

15:01:20

1022333

153

25.06

ISE

15:01:20

1022331

276

25.06

ISE

15:01:20

1022329

61

25.07

ISE

15:07:51

1026955

560

25.07

ISE

15:07:51

1026947

588

25.07

ISE

15:07:51

1026945

470

25.07

ISE

15:07:59

1027049

242

25.07

ISE

15:09:48

1028492

307

25.06

ISE

15:10:07

1028817

463

25.06

ISE

15:10:16

1028949

13

25.08

ISE

15:14:30

1031719

67

25.08

ISE

15:14:30

1031717

163

25.08

ISE

15:14:30

1031715

250

25.08

ISE

15:14:30

1031713

400

25.08

ISE

15:14:58

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208

25.08

ISE

15:14:59

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26

25.07

ISE

15:15:00

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93

25.07

ISE

15:15:00

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16

25.07

ISE

15:15:00

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42

25.07

ISE

15:15:00

1032305

339

25.07

ISE

15:15:00

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22

25.07

ISE

15:15:00

1032301

182

25.06

ISE

15:15:04

1032385

430

25.06

ISE

15:17:26

1034093

107

25.06

ISE

15:17:26

1034082

450

25.06

ISE

15:17:26

1034080

524

25.06

ISE

15:17:26

1034078

604

25.06

ISE

15:17:50

1034297

325

25.11

ISE

15:24:11

1038568

485

25.12

ISE

15:24:52

1039243

287

25.13

ISE

15:27:04

1041075

115

25.13

ISE

15:27:04

1041073

163

25.13

ISE

15:27:04

1041071

292

25.13

ISE

15:27:04

1041069

271

25.15

ISE

15:28:40

1042146

271

25.15

ISE

15:28:40

1042144

425

25.15

ISE

15:28:40

1042142

271

25.15

ISE

15:28:40

1042140

595

25.15

ISE

15:31:10

1044160

539

25.15

ISE

15:31:10

1044156

173

25.14

ISE

15:31:40

1044562

1,132

25.14

ISE

15:31:40

1044560

332

25.14

ISE

15:34:11

1046248

569

25.14

ISE

15:34:11

1046250

191

25.14

ISE

15:34:11

1046246

719

25.13

ISE

15:34:40

1046668

317

25.13

ISE

15:36:41

1048168

764

25.13

ISE

15:36:43

1048174

490

25.12

ISE

15:37:02

1048407

198

25.14

ISE

15:39:04

1050058

414

25.14

ISE

15:39:13

1050169

219

25.14

ISE

15:39:33

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544

25.13

ISE

15:39:33

1050387

511

25.13

ISE

15:40:19

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29

25.14

ISE

15:41:57

1052189

572

25.14

ISE

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1052277

440

25.18

ISE

15:44:14

1053780

401

25.18

ISE

15:45:54

1054968

52

25.18

ISE

15:46:58

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26

25.18

ISE

15:46:58

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398

25.21

ISE

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1056331

300

25.21

ISE

15:47:49

1056329

250

25.21

ISE

15:47:50

1056334

1,184

25.19

ISE

15:48:01

1056516

526

25.19

ISE

15:48:01

1056514

589

25.19

ISE

15:48:01

1056512

416

25.18

ISE

15:51:03

1058856

250

25.20

ISE

15:51:50

1059827

44

25.20

ISE

15:51:50

1059825

249

25.22

ISE

15:52:10

1060310

209

25.22

ISE

15:52:16

1060434

424

25.22

ISE

15:52:24

1060543

367

25.23

ISE

15:53:51

1061783

100

25.23

ISE

15:53:51

1061781

201

25.23

ISE

15:53:51

1061779

250

25.23

ISE

15:53:54

1061806

455

25.23

ISE

15:53:54

1061804

459

25.23

ISE

15:54:30

1062390

848

25.22

ISE

15:55:31

1063179

203

25.21

ISE

15:55:46

1063423

401

25.21

ISE

15:55:46

1063421

190

25.21

ISE

15:57:30

1064729

748

25.20

ISE

15:57:53

1065170

652

25.21

ISE

15:57:53

1065159

162

25.20

ISE

15:59:36

1066487

316

25.20

ISE

15:59:36

1066485

410

25.20

ISE

15:59:36

1066483

27

25.21

ISE

16:01:24

1068507

831

25.21

ISE

16:01:24

1068505

1,047

25.20

ISE

16:01:25

1068520

305

25.19

ISE

16:03:23

1070122

413

25.19

ISE

16:03:27

1070166

644

25.19

ISE

16:03:27

1070153

545

25.18

ISE

16:03:29

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35

25.18

ISE

16:03:29

1070210

494

25.15

ISE

16:03:32

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58

25.15

ISE

16:03:34

1070290

593

25.15

ISE

16:06:30

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72

25.15

ISE

16:06:41

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464

25.15

ISE

16:06:46

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37

25.15

ISE

16:06:49

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259

25.16

ISE

16:07:05

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215

25.16

ISE

16:07:05

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726

25.16

ISE

16:07:05

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241

25.16

ISE

16:07:05

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154

25.16

ISE

16:07:05

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736

25.16

ISE

16:08:20

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460

25.16

ISE

16:09:20

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694

25.16

ISE

16:09:20

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1,080

25.20

ISE

16:11:39

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200

25.20

ISE

16:11:39

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93

25.19

ISE

16:11:41

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560

25.19

ISE

16:11:41

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153

25.19

ISE

16:11:42

1077733

321

25.19

ISE

16:11:42

1077731

13

25.18

ISE

16:12:23

1078520

939

25.18

ISE

16:12:23

1078518

509

25.15

ISE

16:13:03

1079269

690

25.17

ISE

16:14:56

1081420

100

25.17

ISE

16:14:56

1081418

400

25.17

ISE

16:14:56

1081416

603

25.16

ISE

16:14:56

1081414

1,682

25.17

ISE

16:14:56

1081398

32

25.15

ISE

16:16:56

1083335