Shares in Carnival plc, the British holding company in Carnival Corp & plc group, traded sharply lower in the afternoon on media reports saying that a passenger that may have handled Ebola samples is in quarantine on board Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Magic.
At just after 2pm, the shares in Carnival plc traded 3.4% down at £21.19, close to the session's low of £20.93 but quite a way above a 52-week low of £20.48.
The wider stock market firmed in London, like in most other European countries, after several days of losses. The FTSE100 share index of leading shares was 0.99% higher at the same time.
