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British American Tobacco PLC shares rose 2.54% to GBP42.38 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index falling 0.07% to 10,878.12.
British American Tobacco PLC closed 20.43% below its 52-week high of GBP53.26, which the company reached on May 19th.
Trading volume totaled 2.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 3.5 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet