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TRAVEL STOCKWATCH – online travel firms plunge
Shares hit an eight-month low yesterday due to fears about interest rate rises in the US.
Among the big losers were online travel firms with lastminute.com dropping 9.5p to 154.5p and rivals ebookers sliding 9p to 227p.
The FTSE 100 closed 71 points down at 4306.3 and the FTSE 250 was down 76.2 points at 5998.2
Alpha Airports 87.5p DOWN 1p
BAA 549.5p DOWN 9.5p
British Airways 238.25p DOWN 8.75p
Carnival 2543p DOWN 82p
De Vere 439p UP 4p
Easyjet 149.5p DOWN 4.25p
ebookers 127p DOWN 9p
Eurodisney 24p NO CHANGE
Eurotunnel 22.75p DOWN 0.25p
First Choice 120p NO CHANGE
Hilton Group 254.5p DOWN 1.25p
Holidaybreak 490.5p DOWN 10p
Intercontinental 588.5p UP 1p
lastminute.com 154.5p DOWN 9.5p
MyTravel 7p UP 1p
P&O 227.25p DOWN 2p
Rank Group 298.25p UP 1p
Ryanair 312.25p DOWN 17.5p
Stagecoach 89.5p NO CHANGE
TBI 67.25p UP 0.5p
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