shares of bp plc bp slid 169 to £474 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx falling 136 to 756163 bp plc closed 9697 pence below its 52week high £571 which the company achieved on february 10 trading volume 238 m remained 205 million below its 50day average volume of 443 m editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use