FTSE 100 movers: Carnival price increase

24th Feb 2010 15:55

Cruise operator Carnival is the biggest riser in the Footsie after announcing that it is going to increase the price of its cruises. The decision has been taken after strong reservations activity for 2010. The price increases will be up to 5%. They will happen on 22 March but overall cruise prices will still not have recovered to 2008 levels. Plumbers merchant Wolseley fell back after a cautious trading statement from Travis Perkins and profit taking after its own trading statement yesterday. Land Securities and Reckitt Benckiser both went ex-dividend today. The Land Securities dividend is 7p a share, against a 8p drop in the share price. Reckitt shares fell 41p, compared with a dividend of 57p a share. FTSE 100 - RisersCarnival (CCL) 2,424.00p +3.32%Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 53.26p +2.96%HSBC Holdings (HSBA) 718.00p +2.48%Sage Group (SGE) 233.90p +2.05%Rolls-Royce Group (RR.) 536.50p +1.90%Aggreko (AGK) 955.00p +1.49%Inmarsat (ISAT) 724.50p +1.47%Admiral Group (ADM) 1,215.00p +1.33%Autonomy Corporation (AU.) 1,537.00p +1.32%Standard Chartered (STAN) 1,558.00p +1.27%FTSE 100 - FallersWolseley (WOS) 1,584.00p -2.82%Johnson Matthey (JMAT) 1,561.00p -1.76%Land Securities Group (LAND) 636.50p -1.24%Thomas Cook Group (TCG) 228.80p -1.21%Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB.) 3,438.00p -1.21%British Land Co (BLND) 445.20p -1.09%Man Group (EMG) 228.50p -1.00%ICAP (IAP) 325.80p -0.79%Vedanta Resources (VED) 2,547.00p -0.70%Intertek Group (ITRK) 1,279.00p -0.70%