Hotel shares buck downward trend

Wednesday, 29 Apr, 2004 0

Most travel and tourism shares lost ground yesterday as London’s main equity indices went into reverse.

 

The FTSE 100 index dropped 51.2 points to end the session at 4524.5, while the FTSE 250 lost 50.9 points to close at 6311.3.

 

Hotel groups managed to move against the downward flow; Hilton added 4.5p to close at 254p and Intercontinental gained 12.5p to end the day at 536.5p. The Guardian attributes the rises to a tip from the Swiss investment bank UBS.

 

Lastminute.com dropped 12.75p to finish the session at 192p.

 

Alpha Airports 77p DOWN 0.5p

BAA 531p NO CHANGE
British Airways 301p DOWN 4.25p
Carnival 2558p UP 21p

De Vere 442.25p DOWN 1.5p
EasyJet 301.5p DOWN 2.75p
ebookers 284p DOWN 2.5p

EuroDisney 27p NO CHANGE
Eurotunnel 29.5p DOWN 0.5p

First Choice 126.25p DOWN 0.75p
Hilton Group 254p UP 4.5p
Holidaybreak 492p UP 2p

Intercontinental 536.5p UP 12.5p
Lastminute.com 192p DOWN 12.75p
MyTravel 8.5p DOWN 0.25p
P&O 217.75p DOWN 7.5p
Rank Group 325.5p DOWN 0.25p 

Ryanair 318.5p DOWN 5.25p

Stagecoach 81.75p DOWN 4.25p

TBI 67p DOWN 0.25p

 

Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad



 



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