bhp group ltd bhp shares inched up 051 to £2855 thursday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx rising 021 to 776111 bhp group ltd hit a new 52week high surpassing its previous peak of £2849 which the company reached on january 13 trading volume 14 m remained 267323 below its 50day average volume of 17 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