Standard Chartered (HKG:2888) bought back 554,348 shares in the UK on Thursday at a weighted average price of 10.68 pounds sterling apiece, according to a Friday filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Following the planned cancellation of these shares, the British lender will have 2,419,603,226 issued shares.
Shares jumped 1% during Friday's afternoon trading.
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