"rather than selling itself to Exxon"
why on earth would Exxon Mobil be a buyer or are you being sarcastic?
I still think the break up through 2.4c technically was important and BAS has bounced of it many times last week since the break so would expect it to hold
I think the bulk of todays price action is not BAS related but overall market sell off just take a look around its carnage out there
