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BP p.l.c. (BP) stock price history
Every LSE trading session of BP p.l.c. from Jul 1, 1988 to Sep 28, 2026: 9,805 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Sep 17, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
BP adjusted close, 1988 to 2026
- £7.04
- All time high, 2006
- £6.09
- 52 week high, £3.99 low
- 9,805
- Daily sessions since 1988
Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1988 to 2026 series and minute bars.
BP key facts
- BP p.l.c. (BP) closed at £5.64 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
- BP's all time high close is £7.04, set on Apr 21, 2006; its all time low close is £0.9065 on Aug 25, 1992.
- BP's 52 week range is £3.99 to £6.09.
- BP returned +26.6% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +67.8% over five years.
- Over ten years BP returned +31%, +2.7% a year compounded.
- BP's deepest drawdown was -72.6% from Apr 21, 2006 to Oct 28, 2020.
- DataCedar holds 9,805 daily sessions of BP history from Jul 1, 1988 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
BP price chart, 1988 to 2026
BP returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | +9.5% |
| 3 months | +20.1% |
| 6 months | -3.5% |
| Year to date | +30.8% |
| 1 year | +26.6% |
| 3 years | +4.3% |
| 5 years | +67.8% |
| 10 years | +31.1% |
| Since Jul 1, 1988 | +353.9% |
| Compound annual growth, 38.2 years | +4.0% |
BP records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- £7.04 on Apr 21, 2006
- All time low close
- £0.9065 on Aug 25, 1992
- 52 week high
- £6.09 on Mar 31, 2026
- 52 week low
- £3.99 on Oct 17, 2025
- Deepest drawdown
- -72.6% from Apr 21, 2006 to Oct 28, 2020, not yet recovered
- Best single session
- +21.6% on Mar 24, 2020
- Worst single session
- -19.5% on Mar 9, 2020
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 31.1%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 56%
- Growth of 1 since 1988
- 4.5×
- Best calendar year
- 1993, +45%
- Worst calendar year
- 2020, -46%
BP price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 1988 starts on Jul 1, 1988; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £4.32 | £6.09 | £4.13 | £5.64 | +30.2% | 9B | 187 |
| 2025 | £3.95 | £4.76 | £3.29 | £4.33 | +10.2% | 10.3B | 252 |
| 2024 | £4.68 | £5.40 | £3.65 | £3.93 | -15.6% | 10.7B | 254 |
| 2023 | £4.80 | £5.69 | £4.46 | £4.65 | -1.8% | 11.7B | 251 |
| 2022 | £3.39 | £5.03 | £3.38 | £4.74 | +43.8% | 15.2B | 250 |
| 2021 | £2.57 | £3.65 | £2.49 | £3.30 | +29.8% | 13.3B | 253 |
| 2020 | £4.73 | £5.07 | £1.88 | £2.54 | -45.9% | 14.3B | 254 |
| 2019 | £4.89 | £5.81 | £0.0467 | £4.70 | -4.9% | 9.7B | 253 |
| 2018 | £5.22 | £6.01 | £4.50 | £4.94 | -5.1% | 10B | 253 |
| 2017 | £5.08 | £5.26 | £4.35 | £5.20 | +2.6% | 7.8B | 252 |
| 2016 | £3.49 | £5.10 | £2.48 | £5.07 | +44.1% | 9B | 253 |
| 2015 | £4.11 | £4.96 | £2.51 | £3.52 | -13.8% | 8.8B | 253 |
| 2014 | £4.87 | £5.23 | £3.62 | £4.08 | -15.7% | 7B | 253 |
| 2013 | £4.26 | £4.91 | £4.23 | £4.84 | +15.0% | 5.8B | 253 |
| 2012 | £4.66 | £5.49 | £3.57 | £4.21 | -7.7% | 7B | 251 |
| 2011 | £4.82 | £5.10 | £3.58 | £4.57 | -1.0% | 8.8B | 252 |
| 2010 | £5.97 | £6.52 | £2.93 | £4.61 | -22.4% | 12.5B | 253 |
| 2009 | £5.28 | £6.08 | £3.96 | £5.95 | +14.2% | 10.2B | 253 |
| 2008 | £6.05 | £6.51 | £3.66 | £5.21 | -14.4% | 16.1B | 254 |
| 2007 | £5.64 | £6.33 | £4.99 | £6.09 | +8.4% | 22.3B | 253 |
| 2006 | £6.18 | £7.15 | £5.52 | £5.61 | -8.3% | 22B | 252 |
| 2005 | £5.02 | £6.80 | £4.93 | £6.12 | +21.9% | 16.4B | 260 |
| 2004 | £4.48 | £5.55 | £4.02 | £5.02 | +12.2% | 15.9B | 262 |
| 2003 | £4.22 | £4.53 | £3.44 | £4.48 | +6.1% | 13.5B | 261 |
| 2002 | £5.27 | £6.22 | £3.82 | £4.22 | -19.9% | 14.3B | 261 |
| 2001 | £5.33 | £6.46 | £4.72 | £5.26 | -1.1% | 12.3B | 261 |
| 2000 | £6.15 | £6.73 | £4.39 | £5.32 | -13.4% | 11.4B | 260 |
| 1999 | £4.43 | £6.46 | £4.02 | £6.15 | +38.7% | 14B | 261 |
| 1998 | £3.95 | £4.81 | £3.53 | £4.43 | +12.2% | 12.7B | 261 |
| 1997 | £3.46 | £4.79 | £3.27 | £3.95 | +14.2% | 9.4B | 261 |
| 1996 | £2.66 | £3.48 | £2.52 | £3.46 | +30.1% | 7.1B | 262 |
| 1995 | £2.10 | £2.70 | £1.94 | £2.66 | +26.6% | 4.5B | 260 |
| 1994 | £1.78 | £2.14 | £1.72 | £2.10 | +18.1% | 7.9B | 260 |
| 1993 | £1.22 | £1.80 | £1.13 | £1.78 | +45.1% | 4.8B | 261 |
| 1992 | £1.44 | £1.46 | £0.9065 | £1.22 | -15.2% | 8.7B | 262 |
| 1991 | £1.65 | £1.76 | £1.36 | £1.44 | -12.3% | 5.9B | 261 |
| 1990 | £1.67 | £1.85 | £1.50 | £1.65 | -1.2% | 844.9M | 261 |
| 1989 | £1.23 | £1.68 | £1.23 | £1.67 | +35.7% | 485M | 260 |
| 1988 | £1.24 | £1.31 | £1.16 | £1.23 | n/a | 0 | 131 |
BP monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | £5.64 | +9.5% |
| August 2026 | £5.15 | -6.9% |
| July 2026 | £5.52 | +18.3% |
| June 2026 | £4.67 | -10.5% |
| May 2026 | £5.22 | -10.6% |
| April 2026 | £5.84 | -3.7% |
| March 2026 | £6.06 | +26.9% |
| February 2026 | £4.78 | +3.0% |
| January 2026 | £4.64 | +7.2% |
| December 2025 | £4.33 | -4.7% |
| November 2025 | £4.54 | +2.7% |
| October 2025 | £4.42 | +3.9% |
About the BP data
Daily bars. 9,805 sessions from Jul 1, 1988 to Sep 28, 2026, one row per LSE trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Sep 17, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 28, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are LSE trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in GBP. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Jul 1, 1988, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/BP/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on LSE
Common questions
BP share price history
