BP Closes Big Oil Earnings Season With Surprise Dividend Boost
- Dividend up 4%, $1.4 billion of surplus cash used for buyback
- Big Oil is confidently boosting returns as oil demand recovers
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BP Plc followed its Big Oil peers by increasing dividends and share buybacks as higher crude prices boosted profit.