** Hong Kong shares of Standard Chartered (StanChart) 2888.HK jump 2.2% to HK$95.90, their highest since August 2015
** Stock on track for the biggest one-day pct rise since Oct. 30
** Standard Chartered STAN.L is exploring a potential divestment of its wealth and retail banking operations in Botswana, Uganda and Zambia, it said on Wednesday
** Hang Seng Composite Index tracking financials stocks .HSCIF and Hang Seng Finance Index .HSNF both fall 1.1% while Hang Seng Index .HSI drops 1.4% amid heightened U.S.-China trade tensions
** Standard Chartred's Hong Kong stock up 43.5% YTD
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))