MT Tracker 14 March

A very quiet week on the Stock Exchange for transport-related shares - ahead of City Link's numbers tomorrow (15 March). All eyes will be on Rentokil's parcels arm to see if it posts a full-year profit. But it hasn't stopped a rather telling trend in the past week...

Meanwhile, in keeping with the spirit of the FTSE hitting a five-year peak this week, our basket of transport shares continues to rise accordingly. At the end of January our basket of seven shares was worth 1588.7p. Now it has hit 1750.75. A 10.2% increase and a far better return than you would have got for keeping your £15.88 in the bank after Christmas.

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Market Cap's are down slightly - primarily because of waiting over Rentokil's performance, which dominates the combined market cap of all transport firms.

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