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Shares of British American Tobacco PLC slipped 2.06% to GBP39.84 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index falling 1.68% to 10,428.27.

British American Tobacco PLC closed 25.20% short of its 52-week high of GBP53.26, which the company achieved on May 19th.

Trading volume totaled 2.5 million, compared to the 50-day average of 3.5 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet