BP Shares Jump On Earnings, Dividend Increase

BP plc (NYSE:BP) (LON:BP) released its earnings numbers for the three months ended September 2013 this morning before the market opened in New York. The oil company showed earnings of $3.7 billion for the three months ended September 2013. On this morning's market shares in BP plc (NYSE:BP) (LON:BP) were trading up by more than 4.% on their home market in London.

In the run up to this morning's earnings report analysts following BP plc (NYSE:BP) (LON:BP) were looking for earning of $3.4 billion from the oil and gas exploration company. In the same three...