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British American Tobacco PLC shares advanced 1.03% to GBP44.21 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.31% to 10,901.09.
British American Tobacco PLC closed 16.99% short of its 52-week high of GBP53.26, which the company reached on May 19th.
Trading volume totaled 1.6 million, compared to the 50-day average of 3.8 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet