shares of bp plc bp rallied 141 to £547 thursday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx falling 029 to 790772 bp plc closed 2357 pence short of its 52week high £571 which the company reached on february 10 trading volume 259 m remained 227 million below its 50day average volume of 486 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