BAA shares fall despite good performance
There were mainly small falls for travel and tourism shares yesterday as London’s main equity indices dropped back slightly. The FTSE 100 index lost 10.4 points to end the day at 4973.2, while the FTSE 250 had a similar session, falling 23.2 points to close at 7241.9. Shares in BAA fell 1.5p to 594.5p despite the airports operator announcing that it served a record 141.7 passengers in its last financial year. This figure represented a 6.3 per cent increase on the 12 months to 31 March 2004. Alpha Airports 100p DOWN 1.5p Avis Europe 70.75p UP 1.75p BAA 594.5p DOWN 1.5p British Airways 272.5p DOWN 1.25p CNG Travel Group 65.5p NO CHANGE Carnival 2865p DOWN 53p CenterParcs 65.5p NO CHANGE De Vere 580p UP 11p EasyJet 233.25p DOWN 0.25p ebookers 319.5p NO CHANGE EuroDisney 9.5p NO CHANGE Eurotunnel 15.25p DOWN 0.25p First Choice 179p DOWN 1p Hilton Group 299.5p UP 0.5p Holidaybreak 623p DOWN 2p Intercontinental 630p DOWN 3p Lastminute.com 119.5p UP 0.75p MyTravel 5.5p NO CHANGE P&O 288.25p DOWN 0.75p Rank Group 279.25p DOWN 1p Ryanair 425.75p DOWN 2.75p Stagecoach 106.5p DOWN 1p Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad Ltd www.newsfromabroad.com
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