BA shares climb on oil price drop

There were few notable performances among travel and tourism shares yesterday as London’s main equity indices pushed ahead. The FTSE 100 index finished the day 32 points higher at 5000.5, while the FTSE 250 had a similar session and close at 7280.8, 26.8 points to the good. Probably the best performance came from British Airways, which added 9.25p for a closing price of 276.75p on falling oil prices. Alpha Airports 102.5p UP 0.5p Avis Europe 60.25p UP 0.25p BAA 611p UP 3p British Airways 276.75p UP 9.25p CNG Travel Group 84.5p DOWN 18p Carnival 2996p UP 6p CenterParcs 77p DOWN 0.5p De Vere 560p UP 15.25p EasyJet 236p UP 3.5p ebookers 319.5p UP 0.5p EuroDisney 9p NO CHANGE Eurotunnel 17.25p UP 0.25p First Choice 172.75p UP 1.25p Hilton Group 316.25p UP 2.75p Holidaybreak 646p DOWN 1p Intercontinental 667.5p UP 1p Lastminute.com 104.75p DOWN 0.75p MyTravel 5.75p NO CHANGE P&O 313.5p DOWN 0.5p Rank Group 278.5p DOWN 0.25p Ryanair 415.75p UP 2p Stagecoach 112p DOWN 1p Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad Ltd