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BA shares rebound
After an awful session Monday, travel and tourism shares made some headway yesterday as London’s equity markets enjoyed mixed fortuned. The FTSE 100 index dropped 15.3 points to close at 4318.5, while the FTSE 250 edged forward 2.1 points to close at 6134.6. British Airways was the biggest success story of the day, gaining 8.75p to end the day at 268.5p. By way of contrast, ebookers lost nearly 10 per cent of its value – falling 25p to 275p – after a huge fall on Monday. The stock is now trading at less than half the price of its 12-month high of 635p. Ryanair also did well, gaining 18p to close at 320p. Alpha Airports 71p DOWN 1.5p BAA 506.5p DOWN 7.5p British Airways 268.5p UP 8.75p Carnival 2388p DOWN 33p De Vere 425p UP 17p EasyJet 302.25p UP 6.5p Ebookers 275p DOWN 25p EuroDisney 27.5p NO CHANGE Eurotunnel 33.75p DOWN 0.5p First Choice 130.5p DOWN 1.25p Hilton Group 218p DOWN 0.75p Holidaybreak 580p DOWN 2p Intercontinental 493p UP 0.5p Lastminute.com 194p UP 3p MyTravel 9.75p UP 0.25p P&O 216.5p UP 0.5p Rank Group 320p UP 2p Ryanair 301.5p UP 18.675p Stagecoach 73.25p DOWN 0.75p TBI 67p NO CHANGE Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad
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