shares of bp plc bp advanced 178 to £483 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx rising 137 to 755409 bp plc closed 2105 pence short of its 52week high £504 which the company achieved on november 4 trading volume 292 m remained 184 million below its 50day average volume of 476 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