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Shares of BP PLC dropped 2.27% to GBP5.51 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index falling 0.45% to 10,636.71.

BP PLC closed 9.63% short of its 52-week high of GBP6.09, which the company achieved on March 31st.

Trading volume totaled 21.5 million, compared to the 50-day average of 48.0 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet