Big fall for lastminute.com shares

Travel and tourism shares endured a series of falls yesterday as London’s equity markets dropped back. The FTSE index lost 13.4 points to close at 4685.5, while the FTSE 250 had a similar day, losing 7.5 points to close at 6372. The biggest move of the day came at lastminute.com, which lost 5.5p to close at 117p, while easyJet dropped 3.25p to finish at 123.75p. Alpha Airports 88.5p NO CHANGE BAA 569.5p UP 3p British Airways 204.75p DOWN 1.75p Carnival 2851p UP 13p De Vere 420.5p DOWN 4.5p EasyJet 123.75p DOWN 3.25p ebookers 213.75p DOWN 2p EuroDisney 19.5p DOWN 0.5p Eurotunnel 21.5p UP 0.25p First Choice 133.25p DOWN 0.5p Hilton Group 275p UP 1.5p Holidaybreak 532p UP 6p Intercontinental 654.5p DOWN 1p Lastminute.com 117p DOWN 5.5p MyTravel 5.75p DOWN 0.25p P&O 271.75p DOWN 2.25p Rank Group 289.75p DOWN 0.25p Ryanair 255.14p DOWN 1.61p Stagecoach 93.75p DOWN 1.25p TBI 72p DOWN 1.5p Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad Ltd