Banking stocks came under pressure this morning as investors were urged to switch their short positions from HSBC into Standard Chartered. The FTSE 100 dropped 38.54 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 7,632.99, as profit-taking hit shares in heavyweight financial and mining companies. The FTSE 250 also …

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