Standard Chartered share price today: STAN ticks up as $1.5bn buyback begins
Standard Chartered shares rose 0.2% to 1,792.5 pence in early London trading after launching a $1.5 billion share buyback set to run until August 24. The bank reported full-year pretax profit of $6.96 billion, missing analyst forecasts, and will update its strategy in May ahead of April 30 earnings.