Most travel industry shares had a difficult time yesterday as London’s equity markets slumped for the third day in succession.
The FTSE 100 index lost 0.4 per cent of its value, dropping 14.4 points to close at 4142.7, while the FTSE 250 did slightly better and managed to put on 4.6 points to end the day at 5502.3.
Airline shares had a largely-negative day; British Airways fell back 1.5p to 168.5p, while easyJet lost 8p to close at 222p and Ryanair was static at 412.5p.
First Choice Holidays lost three quarters of a penny for a 121.5p finish, and MyTravel dropped 1.25p to close at 18.75p.
The two main online retailers had different fortunes; ebookers pushed ahead 13.5p to close at 540p while lastminute.com marked time at 265.5p.
