Travel Stockwatch

Travel and tourism shares suffered yesterday as London’s main equity indices dropped back. The FTSE 100 index fell 27.5 points to end the day at 4496.8, while the broader-based FTS 250 also had a tough time and lost 46.1 points to close at 6253.2. Even so, there were no drastic movements among industry shares – perhaps the biggest falls were at lastminute.com; down 10p to 218p, and Ebookers; down 15p to 450p. Alpha Airports 79.5p NO CHANGE BAA 531.25p UP 3p British Airways 312.5p DOWN 5p Carnival 2509p DOWN 21p De Vere 414p DOWN 1p EasyJet 339.5p DOWN 10.75p Ebookers 450p DOWN 15p EuroDisney 34p NO CHANGE Eurotunnel 34.5p UP 0.5p First Choice 148.5p DOWN 3p Hilton Group 221.75p DOWN 6.5p Holidaybreak 600.5p UP 5.5p Intercontinental 536.5p DOWN 8p Lastminute.com 218p DOWN 10p MyTravel 13p NO CHANGE P&O 227p DOWN 3p Queens Moat 8.5p NO CHANGE Rank Group 322.5p UP 0.25p Ryanair 320.75p UP 1.375p Stagecoach 85.25p NO CHANGE TBI 63.25p NO CHANGE Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad