BUSINESS LIVE: Standard Chartered profits soar; GSK beats forecasts

BUSINESS LIVE: Standard Chartered profits soar; GSK beats forecasts thanks to shingles vaccine; Persimmon lifts housebuilding expectations

The FTSE 100 will open at 8am. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are GSK, KPMG, Bunzl, Standard Chartered, Persimmon, Drax, Reckitt, CRH and Smith & Nephew. Read the Wednesday 26 April Business Live blog below.

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