Shares of cruise line stocks jumped on Friday after some positive comments were made by a big industry insider. Shares of Carnival (NYSE: CCL) (NYSE: CUK) were up as much as 7.7% earlier and are up 6% at 1 p.m. EST. Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE: NCLH) was up 6.8% and is now trading 5.4% higher. And Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL) traded 6.1% higher and is now up 4.1%.
This follows a strong week for cruise line stocks on optimism about the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and Carnival closing a $3.5 billion financing round .
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Why Carnival, Norwegian Cruise Line, and Royal Caribbean Cruises All Jumped Today