Industry shares fall back

There were mainly downward movements for travel and tourism shares yesterday as London’s main equity indices dropped. The FTSE 100 index fall back 32.7 points to close at 4770.4, while the FTSE 250 dropped 34.5 points to end the day at 6558. There were few significant movements – the biggest was probably at Ryanair, which lost 6.71p to close at 343.16p. Alpha Airports 95p NO CHANGE BAA 588.5p DOWN 2p British Airways 223.75p DOWN 5.5p Carnival 2967p DOWN 49p De Vere 431p UP 0.5p EasyJet 174.5p DOWN 2.25p ebookers 284p DOWN 1.5p EuroDisney 18p NO CHANGE Eurotunnel 18.5p DOWN 0.75p First Choice 141p UP 1.25p Hilton Group 267.5p DOWN 5p Holidaybreak 554p UP 4p Intercontinental 685p UP 6.5p Lastminute.com 113.75p DOWN 1.75p MyTravel 4p UP 0.125p P&O 286p DOWN 4.75p Rank Group 290.5p UP 8.5p Ryanair 343.16p DOWN 6.71p Stagecoach 92.25p DOWN 0.75p TBI 75p DOWN 2p Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad Ltd