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Current Price:  
396.95p
on 23-05-2012 at 15:07:44
Change:   5.00p fall 1.24 %
Buy:   396.95p
Sell:   396.80p
   

BP is one of the largest energy companies in the world and is among the six 'super major' multi service energy companies operating in the exploration, refinery, distribution and retail markets. The company was founded in 1909 as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company APOC (and later became the Anglo Iranian Oil Company AIOC) for the purposes of exploration in that country. After a diminishing influence in exploration in Iran owing to political changes, the company began exploration outside the Middle East in the 1950s successfully extracting oil in Alaska in 1959 and being the first to produce oil from the North Sea in the mid-1960s.

The company was privatised in 1987, however, this was just days prior to 'black Monday' and the shares were soon selling for a fraction of their initial offering. The share price recovered reasonably well and expansion of the firm continued with acquisitions such as Britoil in 1988, Amoco in 1998, and Burma Castrol and Arco in 2000. In recent years the company has shown a willingness to invest in alternative fuels and has a solar energy division (BP Solar). This is reflected in the new corporate identity introduced in 2000 based around the 'Beyond Petroleum' concept. Some 'greener' concepts have been put into practice within the company, for example in new service station design. In 2007 the company posted turnover of $284 billion employing almost 100,000 staff and operating 17 refineries and over 24,000 service stations worldwide.

BP (BP, BP.L, LON:BP) Price Details (LSE MAIN Listed Equity)
Last Trade: Buy 4,100 at 396.89p Days Range: 394.05 - 401.95p
Day's Volume: 12,768,186 52wk Range: 363.20 - 504.60p
Last Close: 401.95p Market Capitalisation:* £ 75.51 bn
Open: 399.00p VWAP: 396.56p
ISIN: GB0007980591 Shares in Issue: 19.02 bn
Sector:  Oil & Gas Producers    Listed in:  FTSE All ShareFTSEurofirst 300FTSE 100FTSE 350

FTSE finishes with a flourish for Christmas

News - Tuesday, December 27, 2011

The leading share index in the UK closed for its festive break with a rise sparked by technical indicators and driven by very thin trading volumes. By the end of Friday's half day session, the FTSE 100 was up by 1 per cent, adding an extra 55 points to close at 5512 for Christmas.

FTSE starts week lower as eurojitters pressure

News - Monday, October 17, 2011

The FTSE 100 index was unable to keep its early grip on the leaderboard as it headed lower following comments made by the finance minister for Germany. By the end of the day, the index had slipped to 5436, a drop of over 29 points, or 0.5 per cent.

Buy/SellVolumePriceTrade CodeTrade TypeTrade Time
Buy4100396.89p539349728906703Negotiated Trade -Immediate Publication15:07:43 - 23/05
Sell2430396.95p539315352500463Automated Trade15:07:34 - 23/05
Sell40397.00p539315352500459Automated Trade15:07:33 - 23/05
Sell1350396.94p539349728906689Ordinary Trade15:07:30 - 23/05
Sell1472397.00p539315352500450Automated Trade15:07:30 - 23/05
Sell3300397.15p539315352500408Automated Trade15:07:26 - 23/05
Time period :  to     Frequency :    
Date Open High Low Close Volume
22 May 2012 (Tue) 398.50 405.57 395.91 401.95 28,334,417
21 May 2012 (Mon) 393.40 398.39 359.90 395.60 21,688,472
18 May 2012 (Fri) 392.00 399.15 389.50 391.95 30,312,619
17 May 2012 (Thu) 401.00 401.20 391.72 396.65 30,477,769
16 May 2012 (Wed) 395.75 404.65 395.05 399.65 27,247,662
15 May 2012 (Tue) 404.90 407.15 398.40 400.40 23,089,693
14 May 2012 (Mon) 411.00 411.25 402.13 403.90 25,869,338
11 May 2012 (Fri) 409.80 417.30 405.00 415.10 30,898,149
10 May 2012 (Thu) 407.95 412.68 401.42 410.50 33,873,189
9 May 2012 (Wed) 412.10 414.12 401.30 404.00 39,200,594
8 May 2012 (Tue) 420.00 425.19 413.20 415.00 29,732,158
7 May 2012 (Mon) 432.20 433.77 421.00 422.15 25,960,967
4 May 2012 (Fri) 432.20 433.77 421.00 422.15 25,960,967
3 May 2012 (Thu) 436.95 439.01 431.95 435.70 20,412,958
2 May 2012 (Wed) 441.15 443.85 431.90 433.80 32,713,281
1 May 2012 (Tue) 437.00 443.37 429.00 441.30 27,360,298
30 Apr 2012 (Mon) 447.10 448.68 441.40 445.00 21,346,083
27 Apr 2012 (Fri) 441.95 448.34 440.10 446.35 19,633,326
26 Apr 2012 (Thu) 434.00 445.12 433.75 444.25 27,587,916
25 Apr 2012 (Wed) 438.05 439.59 431.15 432.30 35,764,578
24 Apr 2012 (Tue) 432.05 438.77 430.50 436.60 24,424,512
23 Apr 2012 (Mon) 431.55 432.92 423.75 429.70 31,084,727

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