bae systems plc ba shares rose 149 to £858 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx rising 021 to 776111 bae systems plc closed 2280 pence short of its 52week high £880 which the company reached on january 25 trading volume 45 m remained 25 million below its 50day average volume of 69 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