Travel Stockwatch

British Airways shares showed good gains yesterday as travel shares generally failed to make serious headway in falling markets. The FTSE 100 index fell 8.1 points to 4505.2, dashing hopes that the index would achieve 12 straight days of gains. BA’s share price added 11p to 242p after the flag-carrier announced a 4.8% increase in traffic in December. In particular, the carrier said, first class and business class long haul tickets had been selling well, and that full-year sales will be better than previously thought. In early trading this morning, BA’s share price has surged another 16.5p to 258.5p following a recommendation from the broker Goldman Sachs. Alpha Airports 82p NO CHANGE BAA 485.25p DOWN 1.25p British Airways 242p UP 11p Carnival 2253p DOWN 26p De Vere 413p DOWN 7p EasyJet 309.5p UP 7.5p Ebookers 408.25p UP 7.75p EuroDisney 30p NO CHANGE Eurotunnel 43.5p UP 0.5p First Choice 137.5p UP 1.5p Hilton Group 227.5p DOWN 1.5p Holidaybreak 583.5p UP 21p Intercontinental 537p UP 1p Jarvis Hotels 146.5p NO CHANGE Jury’s Doyle 693.39p DOWN 1.75p Lastminute.com 216p UP 9p MyTravel 10.5p DOWN 0.25p P&O 238p DOWN 2p Queens Moat 8.5p NO CHANGE Rank Group 282.75p UP 2.5p Ryanair 461.1p UP 7.95p Stagecoach 81p UP 2p TBI 68p UP 2p