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BP PLC shares rallied 4.06% to GBP5.85 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index falling 0.16% to 10,441.60.

BP PLC closed 4.04% short of its 52-week high of GBP6.09, which the company reached on March 31st.

Trading volume totaled 27.7 million, compared to the 50-day average of 47.6 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet