Standard Chartered buys back £7.3m of shares

Standard Chartered cancelled 536,090 ordinary shares on August 13 at an average price of £13.90 per share, reducing total issued shares from 2.31 billion to 2.31 billion.

The bank also repurchased another 519,470 shares worth £7.3 million across London and CBOE exchanges, which are not yet cancelled. Since shareholders approved the buyback mandate in May, Standard Chartered has purchased 48.8 million shares.