BP and Shell are two large oil and gas companies listed on the FTSE 100 index. The document analyzes the share price movements of BP and Shell over time to understand the reasons for trends and changes in their stock prices. Major events in these companies' businesses are reflected in the accumulation of impacts on their share prices according to basic finance principles.

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Introduction:
As basic principle of finance, markets are informed & share price accumulates impacts of major
events in business. In this assignment, we will assess the share price movement of two large size
companies, BP and Shell and will understand the reasons of the trend and changes in share price
of these companies.

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British Petroleum Company Limited (BP) and Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) both are oil and gas
extraction companies. Companies are one of largest organizations in their industry and are
operating in different countries.
The vintage and size of companies have made them participant of FTSE 100 companies.
(Asamoah, 2010) The share price graph available at FTSE index of these companies is as below: