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BP PLC shares advanced 2.75% to GBP5.57 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index falling 0.03% to 10,705.26.
BP PLC closed 8.57% short of its 52-week high of GBP6.09, which the company achieved on March 31st.
Trading volume totaled 22.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 46.7 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet