The offer is the first rights issue by a UK-based financial institution since the recent turmoil in the capital markets raised questions about the ability of banks to raise fresh capital from existing shareholders.
In a strongly rising UK stock market, StanChart shares fell 42.5p, almost 6 per cent, to 717p.
However, bankers said the drop was less than they would have expected given the fact that StanChart was issuing a large number of new shares. The theoretical price for the shares post the issue was estimated at 668p.
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