Standard Chartered shares rally 4.76% in favourable London market

13 articles · Updated · MarketWatch · May 6

The stock closed at £19.06 on Wednesday as the FTSE 100 rose 2.15% to 10,438.66.
Standard Chartered outperformed the broader market and finished just 0.94% below its 52-week high of £19.24 reached on 3 February.
Trading volume was 5.3 million shares, below the 50-day average of 8.8 million, indicating the gain came on lighter-than-usual turnover.

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