Travel Stockwatch

There were real mixed fortunes for travel and tourism industry shares yesterday, with a roughly-even number of price movements up and down. The FTSE 100 index ended the day just 0.4 points up at 4,348, having broken through the 4,400-point level earlier in the session. The FTSE 250 rose 22.2 points to close at 5714.3. The best performer of the day was probably ebookers, which gained 19p to close at 403p. The Guardian attributes the price rise to dealers “switching” out of lastminute.com, which fell 8p to 203p. The newspaper reports that lastminute.com has been the subject of a “bearish note” from one broker. Alpha Airports 77p NO CHANGE BAA 474.25p UP 1.75p British Airways 229.25p UP 5.25p Carnival 2230p UP 18p De Vere 396p DOWN 1p EasyJet 285p UP 4.25p Ebookers 403p UP 19p EuroDisney 30.5p NO CHANGE Eurotunnel 42.5p DOWN 0.5p First Choice 136p UP 1p Hilton Group 220.25p UP 1.5p Holidaybreak 517p UP 5p Intercontinental 549p NO CHANGE Jarvis Hotels 147p UP 0.5p Jury’s Doyle 692.57p UP 1.56p Lastminute.com 230p DOWN 8p MyTravel 14.5p UP 0.75p P&O 244p DOWN 2.75p Queens Moat 8.5p NO CHANGE Rank Group 279p DOWN 3p Ryanair 455.38p UP 16.47p Stagecoach 80.5p NO CHANGE TBI 68.5p DOWN 1p