StanChart shares rise after favourable ruling in U.S. litigation

LONDON (Reuters) -Standard Chartered shares rose 3% on Friday after what the bank said was a favourable ruling by the U.S. Department of Justice in a long running civil case.

Shares in the London-headquartered, Asian-focussed bank tumbled last week after a U.S. Republican lawmaker, Elise Stefanik, wrote to the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, asking for a probe to be launched into the bank, claiming it was involved in sanctions evasion.

Stefanik said an unspecified case against Stan Chart was due to expire next week and urged action before that date.

Stan Chart said in a statement late on Thursday it was: "pleased and unsurprised by the Department of Justice’s filing in the legacy Brutus qui tam case, which continues to demonstrate what we’ve always known: the claims underlying this case are false."

(Reporting by Alun John and Samuel Indyk, editing by Dhara Ranasinghe)

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