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Monday’s markets see airlines and online sellers push ahead
It was a largely-positive day on London’s equity markets yesterday as travel industry shares moved ahead to reflect the main indices.
Good news from across the Atlantic sent the FTSE 100 index up 1.7 per cent, closing 69.5 points to the good at 4127.6, while the FTSE 250 index gained 65.4 points to end the day at 5181.6. Dealers were quieter than in recent days, with 2.3 billion shares bought and sold.
Among the airlines there was much good news; British Airways pushed ahead 7.25 points to close at 179p, EasyJet added 4p for a 240p finish, and Ryanair jumped ahead 17p to close at 429p.
On the online side, ebookers continued to push ahead with a gain of 27.5p to 510p, and lastminute.com jumped 4.5p to end the day at 184.5p. First Choice Holidays lost a quarter of a penny to end the day ay 121.5p, while MyTravel was unmoved at 25.25p.
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