BP shares up on oil spill fund

英石油賠200億股價反漲

Shares in BP rose Thursday in London after the company agreed to set up a $20b fund to cover damage from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and cancel dividend payments, AP reported. The shares were up 9.4% at $5.42 after the first hour of trading on the London Stock Exchange. BP's shares have lost nearly half of their value - paring the company's market value to $90b - since the April 20 explosion.

據美聯社報道，受英國石油公司同意設立200億美元墨西哥漏油事件賠償基金并取消派息計劃影響，英國石油股價17日上漲。在倫敦證交所，開市一個小時其股價就上漲了9.4%至每股5.42美元。自4月20日油井爆炸以來，英國石油股價已跌出近一半，公司市值削減至900億美元。

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