Shares in listed cruise shipping companies rose on a broad front on Monday in tandem with the wider markets after an Ebola scare that surfaced on Friday had evaporated.

In the US, Carnival Corporation, the Panama registered and US headquartered constituent of the carnival Corp & plc group, traded 1.9% higher at $35.60  in mid-morning, New York time. Royal Caribbbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL) rose 3.3% to $59.60 and Norwegian Cruise Line Holding firmed 2.0% to trade at $32.68.

However, Carnival plc, the British holding company in the Carnival group, had only advanced 0.1% to £22.16 in London by the same time.

A passenger on board Carnival Miracle of Carnival Cruise Lines, which is part of the Carnival group, was quarantined on board last week on suspicion that she may have handled laboratory tests of a patient that died of Ebola in the US.

However, the passenger later tested negative for the disease.