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Shares of Shell PLC rallied 3.63% to GBP37.81 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.

Shell PLC hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of GBP37.59, which the company achieved on June 4th.

Trading volume totaled 5.6 million, compared to the 50-day average of 10.5 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet