Travel and tourism shares suffered yesterday as London’s main equity indices dropped back slightly.
The FTSE 100 index lost just 0.8 points to end the day at 4706.3, while the FTSE 250 fell 21.1 points to close at 6370.5. The biggest news of the day comes from the airport operator TBI which, according to The Guardian, is subject to takeover rumours.
The newspaper states that the takeover talk concerns a certain Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire and owner of Chelsea Football Club, who regularly flies into Luton airport in his private jet.
Despite The Guardian saying the rumours having “something of the Victor Kiam” about them, the share price remained unmoved at 67p after falling back in early trading.
Alpha Airports 88.5p DOWN 0.5p
BAA 567.5p DOWN 2p
British Airways 207.5p DOWN 2.25p
Carnival 2854p DOWN 8p
De Vere 430p DOWN 1.75p
EasyJet 126.25p NO CHANGE
ebookers 209.25p DOWN 0.75p
EuroDisney 20.5p NO CHANGE
Eurotunnel 21.75p UP 0.25p
First Choice 135.75p DOWN 1p
Hilton Group 278.75p UP 0.75p
Holidaybreak 530p DOWN 3.5p
Intercontinental 659.5p DOWN 1p
Lastminute.com 119p DOWN 4.25p
MyTravel 6p UP 0.25p
P&O 268p DOWN 0.5p
Rank Group 289p UP 1.5p
Ryanair 265.49p DOWN 7.34p
Stagecoach 93.75p UP 1.25p
TBI 67p NO CHANGE
Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad Ltd
