The following is a list of companies that may have unusual share-price changes in U.K. and Irish markets. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last market close.
The FTSE 100 Index advanced 22.56 points, or 0.5 percent, to 5,089.37. The FTSE All-Share Index gained 0.4 percent to 2,637.46, while Ireland’s ISEQ Index rose 1.5 percent to 2,441.33.
BP Plc (BP/) : HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA, a Brazilian oil exploration company, offered to let TNK-BP operate development wells while it focuses on exploration in Brazil’s Amazon, said its chief executive officer. BP shares fell 0.1 percent to 384.70 pence.