bp plc bp shares inched up 078 to £458 friday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx rising 080 to 753153 bp plc closed £112 short of its 52week high £571 which the company reached on february 10 trading volume 212 m remained 285 million below its 50day average volume of 497 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