shares of bp plc bp advanced 200 to £484 thursday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx rising 021 to 776111 bp plc closed 2020 pence below its 52week high £504 which the company achieved on november 4 trading volume 233 m remained 205 million below its 50day average volume of 438 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