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Carnival shares hit by cost of cruise cancellation

Friday, 21 January 20053 min read

There were mainly small, downward movements for travel and tourism shares yesterday as London’s main equity indices struggled to make headway.

The FTSE 100 index closed down 17.5 points at 4800.8, while the FTSE 250 managed to gain 2.5 points and ended the day at 7091.3.

Shares in P&O Cruises’ parent company Carnival dropped after the Aurora world cruise was cancelled leaving the company with an estimated £20 million bill.

Alpha Airports 86.5p NO CHANGE

BAA 595.5p DOWN 7p

British Airways 247.75p DOWN 3.5p

Carnival 3227p DOWN 13p

De Vere 482p DOWN 3.5p

EasyJet 206p DOWN 0.5p

ebookers 317p DOWN 0.25p

EuroDisney 13.5p NO CHANGE

Eurotunnel 17.5p DOWN 0.25p

Hilton Group 301p UP 4.75p

Holidaybreak 656.5p DOWN 6p

Intercontinental 679p NO CHANGE

Lastminute.com 111p DOWN 0.5p

MyTravel 6p NO CHANGE

P&O 300p DOWN 2.5p

Rank Group 274p NO CHANGE

Ryanair 398.84p DOWN 5.39p

Stagecoach 113.25p DOWN 0.5p

TBI 93.25p UP 0.5p

Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad Ltd