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BP. Bp Plc

495.85
3.05 (0.62%)
Last Updated: 11:34:33
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Bp Plc LSE:BP. London Ordinary Share GB0007980591 $0.25
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  3.05 0.62% 495.85 495.85 495.95 497.40 493.30 495.45 5,207,955 11:34:33
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Petroleum Refining 211.6B 15.24B 0.8934 5.52 84.18B

LONDON MARKETS: M&S Leads FTSE To First Gain In Three Days

05/11/2014 5:26pm

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By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Marks and Spencer Group PLC led the U.K.'s FTSE 100 index higher on Wednesday after a well-received earnings report, helping the benchmark snap a two-day losing run.

The FTSE 100 index rallied 1.3% to close at 6,539.14, more than reversing a 0.5% drop on Tuesday that was partly spurred by a dramatic drop in oil prices and a cut in eurozone growth forecasts by the European Commission.

On Wednesday, the benchmark shrugged off data showing activity in the U.K. services sector dropped to a 17-month low in October. The services purchasing managers index fell to 56.2 from 58.7 in September. The pound (GBPUSD) dropped to $1.5980, from around $1.6003 late Tuesday.

Shares of Marks and Spencer rallied 9.7% after the retailer delivered a surprise rise in underlying profits for the first half of the year.

Meggitt PLC jumped 7.6%. The engineering firm reported a rise in organic revenue and affirmed its full-year guidance.

Oil firms rebounded from a bloody selloff on Tuesday that came as crude dropped to a three-year low on the back of a surprise announcement from Saudi Arabia that it will cut prices on oil sold to the U.S. Shares of Tullow Oil PLC rose 6.9% on Wednesday, BP PLC (BP) added 2.3% and BG Group PLC picked up 1.6%. Crude prices rose on Wednesday.

FirstGroup PLC climbed 3.1% after the transport operator said it swung to a pretax profit in the first six months of the year.

Outside the main index in London, shares of SWP Group PLC surged 12% after the engineering company swung to a pretax profit for fiscal 2014 and said it will raise dividends.

Read about other European market moves here

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