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Footsie buoyed by much-needed lift from major bank

London's FTSE-100 share index leapt 2.5% yesterday as Standard Chartered provided some desperately needed relief from the slew of bad news from UK-based banks.

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IAN McCONNELL, Business Editor

London's FTSE-100 share index leapt 2.5% yesterday as Standard Chartered provided some desperately needed relief from the slew of bad news from UK-based banks.