News Summary: Standard Chartered shares rise

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SETTLEMENT RALLY: Shares in Standard Chartered PLC rallied on news that it had agreed to pay $340 million to a New York regulator to settle accusations that it hid illegal transactions with Iran and violated U.S. sanctions law.

GROUND RECOVERED: Shares in Standard Chartered closed 4.4 percent higher in London trading. Its stock had fallen by nearly 12 percent since the charges were announced last week.

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