UK banking giant HSBC saw billions more added to its stock market value today as shares rose on reports that it was weighing up a sale of its British retail bank.
The Sunday Times said the group was considering a £20bn spin-off of the business - which was known as Midland Bank before it was swallowed up by HSBC in 1992.
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