African Banking

Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: Standard Chartered Plc rose as much as 5.7 percent in London trading as first-half loan impairment charges fell by a third, showing further progress in Chief Executive Officer Bill Winters’s plan to turn around the bank. The shares were up 5.3 percent at 11:01 a.m. in London, after provisions for bad loans declined to $1.1 billion in the first half, below the $1.56 billion Citigroup Inc. analysts had estimated. Operating costs…