Transaction in Own Shares

27th September 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 26th September 2018 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:

102,246

76,008

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,529.0000

€28.2900

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,504.0000

€28.0800

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,515.0368

€28.1767

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 2 Programme announced on 29th August 2018.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 16,306,049 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 827,084,289 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

2,515.0368

102,246

Euronext Dublin

EUR

28.1767

76,008

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

689

2,519

LSE

08:05:02

681379

32

2,515

LSE

08:05:09

681551

665

2,515

LSE

08:05:09

681549

735

2,518

LSE

08:05:09

681545

739

2,516

LSE

08:06:26

683394

781

2,514

LSE

08:15:14

695142

398

2,516

LSE

08:24:44

706701

302

2,516

LSE

08:24:44

706699

70

2,515

LSE

08:33:03

717554

100

2,515

LSE

08:33:03

717552

593

2,515

LSE

08:33:03

717550

665

2,513

LSE

08:38:06

724994

694

2,516

LSE

08:49:12

742085

318

2,517

LSE

08:51:35

745203

738

2,520

LSE

08:55:04

749672

323

2,520

LSE

08:56:13

751269

218

2,520

LSE

08:56:13

751265

244

2,520

LSE

08:56:13

751267

650

2,521

LSE

09:00:01

757192

60

2,517

LSE

09:03:50

760621

691

2,517

LSE

09:03:50

760619

702

2,519

LSE

09:13:49

770966

172

2,520

LSE

09:17:05

774091

552

2,520

LSE

09:17:05

774089

125

2,520

LSE

09:23:28

780150

550

2,520

LSE

09:23:28

780148

192

2,519

LSE

09:31:51

788219

500

2,519

LSE

09:31:51

788217

757

2,524

LSE

09:41:32

798889

723

2,520

LSE

09:45:05

802796

481

2,515

LSE

09:54:48

812962

189

2,515

LSE

09:54:48

812960

756

2,519

LSE

10:01:04

818812

670

2,515

LSE

10:02:52

820213

267

2,512

LSE

10:05:57

823379

50

2,512

LSE

10:05:57

823377

3

2,512

LSE

10:05:57

823375

197

2,512

LSE

10:06:06

823544

6

2,512

LSE

10:06:06

823542

144

2,512

LSE

10:06:06

823540

69

2,512

LSE

10:06:06

823538

217

2,510

LSE

10:11:22

827979

477

2,510

LSE

10:11:22

827977

194

2,511

LSE

10:14:30

830612

300

2,511

LSE

10:14:30

830608

288

2,511

LSE

10:14:30

830606

248

2,514

LSE

10:24:48

839727

445

2,514

LSE

10:24:48

839729

737

2,515

LSE

10:30:39

844581

5

2,515

LSE

10:30:39

844579

748

2,517

LSE

10:37:51

850995

514

2,520

LSE

10:50:54

870210

284

2,520

LSE

10:50:54

870208

232

2,522

LSE

10:59:10

878126

490

2,522

LSE

10:59:10

878124

780

2,523

LSE

11:13:54

887725

405

2,524

LSE

11:22:21

892833

172

2,524

LSE

11:22:21

892831

120

2,524

LSE

11:22:21

892829

641

2,528

LSE

11:29:31

896787

699

2,528

LSE

11:39:33

903052

661

2,529

LSE

11:45:54

907142

34

2,527

LSE

11:51:13

910607

670

2,527

LSE

11:51:13

910605

653

2,521

LSE

11:57:19

914085

662

2,522

LSE

12:04:34

918729

764

2,524

LSE

12:14:38

924255

703

2,523

LSE

12:26:22

931289

241

2,522

LSE

12:35:44

936211

400

2,522

LSE

12:35:44

936209

709

2,524

LSE

12:45:00

941172

50

2,524

LSE

12:45:00

941170

35

2,522

LSE

12:53:41

945584

657

2,522

LSE

12:53:45

945638

674

2,523

LSE

13:07:05

952600

689

2,523

LSE

13:12:56

956175

694

2,522

LSE

13:19:03

960481

758

2,522

LSE

13:30:18

967267

721

2,521

LSE

13:30:40

967500

730

2,522

LSE

13:36:02

971044

372

2,504

LSE

15:36:08

1122964

265

2,504

LSE

15:36:08

1122962

200

2,504

LSE

15:36:08

1122960

73

2,504

LSE

15:36:08

1122958

775

2,504

LSE

15:36:09

1123016

100

2,504

LSE

15:36:43

1123841

200

2,504

LSE

15:37:16

1124829

183

2,504

LSE

15:37:46

1125647

100

2,508

LSE

15:39:40

1129229

250

2,508

LSE

15:39:40

1129227

263

2,508

LSE

15:39:40

1129231

290

2,508

LSE

15:39:40

1129233

342

2,508

LSE

15:39:40

1129225

333

2,508

LSE

15:39:40

1129223

175

2,508

LSE

15:39:40

1129221

24

2,508

LSE

15:39:40

1129219

400

2,508

LSE

15:39:40

1129217

298

2,508

LSE

15:39:40

1129215

341

2,508

LSE

15:40:30

1130554

199

2,508

LSE

15:40:30

1130552

100

2,508

LSE

15:40:30

1130550

191

2,508

LSE

15:40:30

1130548

250

2,508

LSE

15:40:30

1130546

270

2,508

LSE

15:40:30

1130544

250

2,509

LSE

15:45:07

1138444

100

2,509

LSE

15:45:07

1138446

270

2,509

LSE

15:45:07

1138450

314

2,509

LSE

15:45:07

1138448

647

2,509

LSE

15:45:07

1138442

274

2,509

LSE

15:45:07

1138440

172

2,509

LSE

15:45:07

1138438

100

2,509

LSE

15:45:07

1138436

569

2,509

LSE

15:45:07

1138434

300

2,509

LSE

15:45:07

1138432

303

2,510

LSE

15:46:30

1140571

200

2,510

LSE

15:46:44

1141077

300

2,510

LSE

15:46:44

1141066

200

2,510

LSE

15:46:45

1141087

200

2,510

LSE

15:46:45

1141080

750

2,511

LSE

15:47:36

1142544

224

2,511

LSE

15:47:41

1142654

90

2,511

LSE

15:47:41

1142652

1,091

2,512

LSE

15:48:00

1143328

44

2,512

LSE

15:48:00

1143326

1,446

2,512

LSE

15:48:00

1143324

651

2,512

LSE

15:48:00

1143322

1,730

2,512

LSE

15:48:00

1143320

69

2,512

LSE

15:48:12

1143682

400

2,512

LSE

15:48:12

1143684

600

2,512

LSE

15:48:12

1143677

113

2,512

LSE

15:48:27

1144027

287

2,512

LSE

15:48:27

1144025

953

2,513

LSE

15:49:03

1145195

113

2,513

LSE

15:49:03

1145193

1,100

2,513

LSE

15:49:03

1145191

34

2,513

LSE

15:49:03

1145189

266

2,513

LSE

15:49:03

1145187

200

2,513

LSE

15:49:03

1145185

600

2,513

LSE

15:49:03

1145173

1,031

2,513

LSE

15:49:03

1145156

199

2,513

LSE

15:49:03

1145154

599

2,513

LSE

15:49:03

1145152

621

2,513

LSE

15:49:03

1145150

344

2,513

LSE

15:49:23

1145712

250

2,513

LSE

15:49:23

1145710

1,486

2,513

LSE

15:49:32

1145886

100

2,513

LSE

15:49:40

1146036

100

2,513

LSE

15:49:59

1146537

725

2,513

LSE

15:50:10

1146835

308

2,513

LSE

15:50:18

1147103

250

2,513

LSE

15:50:18

1147101

100

2,513

LSE

15:50:18

1147093

250

2,513

LSE

15:50:18

1147091

541

2,513

LSE

15:50:18

1147089

204

2,513

LSE

15:50:18

1147087

798

2,513

LSE

15:50:18

1147085

489

2,513

LSE

15:50:18

1147083

239

2,513

LSE

15:50:18

1147081

161

2,513

LSE

15:50:18

1147079

400

2,513

LSE

15:50:18

1147077

371

2,513

LSE

15:50:25

1147292

250

2,513

LSE

15:50:25

1147290

369

2,513

LSE

15:50:25

1147279

67

2,513

LSE

15:50:25

1147277

156

2,514

LSE

15:53:35

1151947

227

2,514

LSE

15:53:35

1151945

975

2,514

LSE

15:53:35

1151943

2,022

2,514

LSE

15:53:35

1151941

10

2,514

LSE

15:53:35

1151939

100

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151988

281

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151986

600

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151984

280

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151982

250

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151979

1,264

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151969

1,358

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151971

402

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151966

750

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151964

35

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151962

65

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151960

572

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151958

65

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151956

698

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151954

349

2,514

LSE

15:53:36

1151952

449

2,514

LSE

15:53:37

1151994

23

2,514

LSE

15:53:37

1151992

775

2,514

LSE

15:53:39

1152065

707

2,514

LSE

15:53:39

1152063

318

2,514

LSE

15:53:39

1152061

282

2,514

LSE

15:54:56

1153981

136

2,514

LSE

15:54:56

1153979

857

2,514

LSE

15:54:56

1153977

8

2,514

LSE

15:54:56

1153975

100

2,514

LSE

15:54:56

1153973

273

2,514

LSE

15:54:56

1153971

400

2,514

LSE

15:54:56

1153966

100

2,514

LSE

15:54:56

1153962

181

2,514

LSE

15:54:56

1153960

9

2,514

LSE

15:54:56

1153958

598

2,514

LSE

15:54:56

1153956

112

2,514

LSE

15:54:57

1153985

555

2,514

LSE

15:54:57

1153983

410

2,514

LSE

15:54:58

1154031

143

2,514

LSE

15:54:58

1154027

18

2,514

LSE

15:54:58

1154022

323

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154585

186

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154583

250

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154579

306

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154577

363

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154572

250

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154574

68

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154568

250

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154564

362

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154566

250

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154562

369

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154560

599

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154558

100

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154556

79

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154554

339

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154552

412

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154550

260

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154540

200

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154532

577

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154534

306

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154536

284

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154538

520

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154542

200

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154544

55

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154546

751

2,514

LSE

15:55:22

1154548

250

2,513

LSE

15:55:50

1155377

209

2,513

LSE

15:55:50

1155375

100

2,513

LSE

15:55:50

1155373

250

2,513

LSE

15:55:50

1155371

369

2,513

LSE

15:55:50

1155369

290

2,513

LSE

15:55:50

1155367

778

2,513

LSE

15:55:50

1155364

95

2,513

LSE

15:55:50

1155362

981

2,513

LSE

15:55:50

1155360

436

2,513

LSE

15:55:50

1155358

1,266

2,515

LSE

15:57:02

1157521

630

2,515

LSE

15:57:03

1157539

672

2,515

LSE

15:57:03

1157541

451

2,515

LSE

15:57:14

1157752

785

2,515

LSE

15:57:14

1157750

115

2,515

LSE

15:57:14

1157748

700

2,515

LSE

15:57:14

1157746

194

2,515

LSE

15:57:14

1157744

361

2,515

LSE

15:57:14

1157742

200

2,515

LSE

15:57:14

1157740

300

2,515

LSE

15:57:14

1157738

150

2,515

LSE

15:57:25

1158029

80

2,515

LSE

15:57:25

1158027

50

2,515

LSE

15:57:25

1158012

500

2,515

LSE

15:57:26

1158040

545

2,515

LSE

15:57:26

1158035

200

2,515

LSE

15:57:34

1158184

200

2,515

LSE

16:03:24

1169716

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

34

28.17

ISE

08:05:09

681556

779

28.17

ISE

08:05:09

681554

665

28.19

ISE

08:05:09

681547

641

28.16

ISE

08:06:36

683647

795

28.10

ISE

08:09:15

687468

500

28.15

ISE

08:17:11

697465

286

28.15

ISE

08:17:11

697463

514

28.15

ISE

08:17:11

697461

500

28.15

ISE

08:17:11

697459

654

28.15

ISE

08:18:28

698881

570

28.14

ISE

08:18:37

699080

275

28.14

ISE

08:18:37

699078

315

28.13

ISE

08:19:06

699655

31

28.13

ISE

08:19:11

699874

467

28.13

ISE

08:20:03

701147

249

28.16

ISE

08:24:44

706721

400

28.16

ISE

08:24:44

706717

280

28.16

ISE

08:24:44

706712

268

28.16

ISE

08:24:44

706710

248

28.16

ISE

08:24:44

706706

360

28.15

ISE

08:24:45

706802

368

28.15

ISE

08:26:00

708230

151

28.15

ISE

08:26:56

709223

525

28.15

ISE

08:29:03

712084

25

28.14

ISE

08:29:06

712109

386

28.14

ISE

08:29:06

712105

344

28.14

ISE

08:29:24

712430

474

28.15

ISE

08:33:03

717548

168

28.15

ISE

08:33:03

717546

671

28.16

ISE

08:36:01

721821

35

28.15

ISE

08:36:40

722764

579

28.15

ISE

08:36:40

722762

96

28.15

ISE

08:36:40

722760

554

28.11

ISE

08:38:36

725660

159

28.11

ISE

08:38:36

725658

371

28.09

ISE

08:41:31

730379

74

28.09

ISE

08:41:31

730377

500

28.09

ISE

08:41:31

730375

487

28.09

ISE

08:41:31

730373

500

28.09

ISE

08:41:31

730371

719

28.14

ISE

08:48:06

740324

72

28.14

ISE

08:48:06

740322

677

28.14

ISE

08:48:06

740306

789

28.14

ISE

08:52:01

745702

300

28.16

ISE

08:55:12

749814

300

28.17

ISE

08:56:10

751209

300

28.17

ISE

08:56:10

751196

300

28.17

ISE

08:56:11

751233

256

28.17

ISE

08:56:11

751222

44

28.17

ISE

08:56:11

751220

167

28.17

ISE

08:56:12

751246

670

28.17

ISE

08:58:07

753979

747

28.18

ISE

08:59:06

755751

94

28.17

ISE

09:00:09

757288

640

28.17

ISE

09:00:09

757286

769

28.14

ISE

09:02:19

759222

706

28.13

ISE

09:03:50

760624

697

28.16

ISE

09:14:14

771289

658

28.17

ISE

09:17:05

774097

727

28.19

ISE

09:21:32

777874

810

28.18

ISE

09:23:28

780152

784

28.17

ISE

09:24:00

780666

185

28.16

ISE

09:24:32

781072

561

28.16

ISE

09:24:32

781070

265

28.15

ISE

09:25:29

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481

28.15

ISE

09:25:29

781911

40

28.13

ISE

09:28:01

784218

491

28.13

ISE

09:28:15

784448

185

28.13

ISE

09:28:26

784685

682

28.16

ISE

09:31:51

788221

150

28.15

ISE

09:33:34

789989

537

28.15

ISE

09:33:34

789987

676

28.16

ISE

09:35:54

792596

67

28.16

ISE

09:35:54

792594

788

28.17

ISE

09:35:54

792588

679

28.21

ISE

09:41:38

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25

28.20

ISE

09:43:02

800556

714

28.20

ISE

09:43:02

800554

734

28.19

ISE

09:43:09

800653

786

28.16

ISE

09:46:32

804314

621

28.11

ISE

09:50:36

809360

55

28.11

ISE

09:50:36

809362

765

28.12

ISE

09:51:38

810356

691

28.18

ISE

09:57:10

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619

28.17

ISE

09:57:12

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22

28.17

ISE

09:58:00

815859

798

28.18

ISE

10:01:06

818819

400

28.17

ISE

10:01:28

819086

327

28.17

ISE

10:01:32

819145

647

28.13

ISE

10:03:01

820312

705

28.10

ISE

10:06:06

823546

467

28.10

ISE

10:09:41

826709

250

28.10

ISE

10:09:41

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250

28.10

ISE

10:09:41

826711

710

28.09

ISE

10:11:22

827982

187

28.08

ISE

10:11:36

828187

599

28.08

ISE

10:11:36

828185

162

28.10

ISE

10:14:30

830620

250

28.10

ISE

10:14:30

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250

28.10

ISE

10:14:30

830616

133

28.10

ISE

10:14:30

830614

533

28.10

ISE

10:14:30

830610

769

28.10

ISE

10:17:26

833257

313

28.13

ISE

10:24:48

839739

423

28.13

ISE

10:24:48

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48

28.12

ISE

10:24:51

839826

53

28.12

ISE

10:24:53

839862

7

28.12

ISE

10:24:53

839860

641

28.12

ISE

10:24:53

839850

749

28.15

ISE

10:30:24

844345

731

28.14

ISE

10:30:39

844583

250

28.17

ISE

10:34:51

848028

279

28.17

ISE

10:34:51

848026

567

28.17

ISE

10:34:51

848024

250

28.17

ISE

10:34:51

848022

623

28.16

ISE

10:36:40

849681

46

28.16

ISE

10:37:51

850993

713

28.16

ISE

10:37:51

850991

112

28.16

ISE

10:37:51

850989

47

28.14

ISE

10:42:08

856889

267

28.14

ISE

10:42:10

856976

387

28.14

ISE

10:42:13

857039

463

28.18

ISE

10:50:58

870291

470

28.21

ISE

10:54:51

874412

250

28.21

ISE

10:54:51

874410

215

28.21

ISE

10:54:51

874418

250

28.21

ISE

10:54:51

874414

446

28.21

ISE

10:54:51

874416

661

28.21

ISE

11:00:04

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94

28.21

ISE

11:00:04

879017

616

28.23

ISE

11:03:31

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788

28.23

ISE

11:03:31

881689

368

28.23

ISE

11:03:31

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701

28.23

ISE

11:03:31

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250

28.23

ISE

11:03:31

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250

28.23

ISE

11:03:31

881681

122

28.22

ISE

11:07:40

884291

519

28.22

ISE

11:07:40

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708

28.22

ISE

11:13:57

887745

660

28.23

ISE

11:17:01

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505

28.28

ISE

11:29:56

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266

28.28

ISE

11:29:56

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21

28.28

ISE

11:29:56

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531

28.27

ISE

11:33:13

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50

28.28

ISE

11:35:26

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616

28.28

ISE

11:35:26

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645

28.28

ISE

11:35:34

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706

28.28

ISE

11:36:30

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50

28.28

ISE

11:36:30

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58

28.29

ISE

11:46:11

907237

500

28.29

ISE

11:46:11

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176

28.29

ISE

11:46:11

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456

28.28

ISE

11:46:19

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247

28.28

ISE

11:46:47

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85

28.28

ISE

11:46:47

907749

658

28.28

ISE

11:51:08

910503

735

28.27

ISE

11:51:13

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708

28.25

ISE

11:51:34

910846

537

28.24

ISE

11:54:17

912460

164

28.24

ISE

11:54:26

912630

640

28.23

ISE

11:59:54

915763

160

28.22

ISE

12:04:44

918810

250

28.22

ISE

12:04:44

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250

28.22

ISE

12:04:44

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200

28.22

ISE

12:04:44

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532

28.22

ISE

12:04:44

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758

28.23

ISE

12:10:06

921728

653

28.22

ISE

12:10:30

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2

28.22

ISE

12:10:33

921931

66

28.23

ISE

12:15:55

925026

613

28.23

ISE

12:15:55

925024

363

28.22

ISE

12:19:43

926995

302

28.22

ISE

12:19:43

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26

28.21

ISE

12:22:42

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90

28.23

ISE

12:26:22

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499

28.23

ISE

12:26:22

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72

28.23

ISE

12:26:22

931292

250

28.22

ISE

12:26:26

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250

28.22

ISE

12:26:26

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162

28.22

ISE

12:26:26

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500

28.22

ISE

12:26:26

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50

28.22

ISE

12:26:26

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655

28.21

ISE

12:32:40

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28.23

ISE

12:35:14

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48

28.23

ISE

12:35:44

936213

328

28.25

ISE

12:39:49

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723

28.26

ISE

12:46:15

941825