Airline shares suffer on oil price rise

Wednesday, 11 Mar, 2005 0

Travel and tourism shares had another difficult session yesterday as London’s main equity indices lost ground.

The FTSE 100 index dropped 34 points to end the day at 4962.1, while the FTSE 250 fell back 21.6 points to close at 7231.4.

Airlines had a tough time as oil prices continued to rise: British Airways dropped 5.75p to 273.25p; EasyJet lost 3.25p to close at 221.75p; and Ryanair finished at 404p, down 4.125p.

Alpha Airports 101.5p NO CHANGE

Avis Europe 62p DOWN 1p

BAA 590p DOWN 0.5p

British Airways 273.25p DOWN 5.75p

CNG Travel Group 75p DOWN 3p

Carnival 2993p UP 12p

CenterParcs 71.5p UP 1.5p

De Vere 548p UP 5p

EasyJet 221.75p DOWN 3.25p

ebookers 319.5p NO CHANGE

EuroDisney 9p NO CHANGE

Eurotunnel 16.25p DOWN 0.25p

First Choice 175p UP 0.75p

Hilton Group 306.75p UP 3.5p

Holidaybreak 665p NO CHANGE

Intercontinental 676.5p UP 11.5p

Lastminute.com 110p DOWN 0.25p

MyTravel 5.75p UP 0.125p

P&O 301p DOWN 3p

Rank Group 227.25p DOWN 2.75p

Ryanair 404p DOWN 4.125p

Stagecoach 109.5p DOWN 2p

Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad Ltd



 



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