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HSBC's up-to-US$2.5b buyback takes sting out of H1 profit fall
Share price rises as much as 1.9% despite 29% drop in pre-tax profit to US$9.7b
Published Wed, Aug 3, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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HSBC has said that first-half profit tumbled 29 per cent, slammed by slowing growth in its home markets in Britain and Hong Kong, but Europe's biggest bank cheered investors by announcing plans to buy back up to US$2.5 billion of its shares.
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