Shares in two major online retailers slipped badly yesterday in mixed London equity markets.
While the FTSE 100 index added 25.3 points to end the day at 4707.1 – its highest finish since June 2002, according to The Guardian – the FTSE 250 lost 9.4 points and closed at 6391.6.
Following a profits warning on Monday, analysts and brokers reduced their targets for lastminute.com, and the share responded by losing 11.25p to close at 123.25p. Ebookers has a similar day, losing 17.25p to end the day at 210p.
Alpha Airports 89p UP 0.5p
BAA 569.5p UP 2p
British Airways 209.75p DOWN 6.75p
Carnival 2862p UP 17p
De Vere 431.75p UP 1.25p
EasyJet 126.25p DOWN 4.75p
ebookers 210p DOWN 17.25p
EuroDisney 20.5p NO CHANGE
Eurotunnel 21.5p DOWN 0.25p
First Choice 136.75p UP 2p
Hilton Group 278p DOWN 3.5p
Holidaybreak 533.5p UP 0.5p
Intercontinental 660.5p DOWN 1.5p
Lastminute.com 123.25p DOWN 10.75p
MyTravel 5.75p DOWN 0.25p
P&O 268.5p DOWN 1.5p
Rank Group 287.5p DOWN 2.75p
Ryanair 272.83p DOWN 7.01p
Stagecoach 92.5p DOWN 0.5p
TBI 67p NO CHANGE
Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad Ltd
