British American Tobacco Slides Monday, Underperforms Market
Dow Jones2026/08/03 16:08This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights.
British American Tobacco PLC shares dropped 2.28% to GBP44.66 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index falling 0.10% to 10,857.70.
British American Tobacco PLC closed 16.15% short of its 52-week high of GBP53.26, which the company achieved on May 19th.
Trading volume totaled 2.1 million, compared to the 50-day average of 3.8 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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August 03, 2026 12:08 ET (16:08 GMT)
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