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(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was 0.2% higher at 9,327.34 in afternoon trade on Friday.
Standard Chartered jumped to the top of the index after the bank welcomed what it described as a favourable filing from the US Department of Justice in a long-running civil case involving allegations of sanctions breaches.
The bank said the DoJ's latest position in the so-called 'Brutus' case confirmed that the claims, first brought by a former employee and his associates more than a decade ago, were "false" and repeatedly dismissed by US courts.
Housebuilders Berkeley and Persimmon were also in the black, having slumped earlier in the week after a hotter-than-expected UK consumer price inflation reading for July spelled bad news for mortgages.
On the downside, heavily-weighted miners fell, with Anglo American, Antofagasta and Glencore all lower.
FTSE 100 - Risers
Standard Chartered (STAN) 1,417.00p 4.19%
Airtel Africa (AAF) 218.00p 1.77%
Pershing Square Holdings Ltd NPV (PSH) 4,262.00p 1.33%
Smurfit Westrock (DI) (SWR) 3,273.00p 1.08%
Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust (SMT) 1,081.00p 0.93%
Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK) 1,837.00p 0.88%
Berkeley Group Holdings (The) (BKG) 3,744.00p 0.86%
Persimmon (PSN) 1,111.50p 0.77%
BAE Systems (BA.) 1,771.00p 0.65%
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI) (IAG) 388.30p 0.65%
FTSE 100 - Fallers
Anglo American (AAL) 2,156.00p -1.15%
Rightmove (RMV) 767.80p -1.03%
Coca-Cola HBC AG (CDI) (CCH) 3,904.00p -1.01%
Antofagasta (ANTO) 2,118.00p -0.84%
Prudential (PRU) 999.20p -0.77%
Admiral Group (ADM) 3,652.00p -0.71%
Associated British Foods (ABF) 2,314.00p -0.69%
Glencore (GLEN) 290.35p -0.68%
Tesco (TSCO) 429.00p -0.58%
British American Tobacco (BATS) 4,368.00p -0.57%
