British Airways climbs despite loss predictions

British Airways, Granada and Hays are just some of the stocks which have been keeping the FTSE 100 afloat, but it has been some resistance to the US market which is suffering from nervous investor sentiments. The FTSE 100 climbed 24.9 points or 0.5% to 5189.7 on the back of strong movements downwards earlier this week for British Airways, which are now being snapped up again ahead of BA's financial results on Monday. Even though BA is expected to post a net loss or around £150m for the last quarter of 2001, compared with profits of £58 in Q4, 2000, investors are still buying and perha...