{"id":48338,"date":"2016-01-25T00:21:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T23:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/news\/snl-financial-hsbc-maintains-leading-market-cap-position-after-tough-h2-for-equities\/"},"modified":"2019-12-31T00:26:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T23:26:30","slug":"snl-financial-hsbc-maintains-leading-market-cap-position-after-tough-h2-for-equities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/news\/snl-financial-hsbc-maintains-leading-market-cap-position-after-tough-h2-for-equities\/","title":{"rendered":"SNL Financial: HSBC maintains leading market cap position after tough H2 for equities"},"content":{"rendered":"

HSBC Holdings Plc proved resilient during the difficult second half of 2015, during which the SNL European Bank index fell 13.5%, maintaining its position as the most valuable European bank by market capitalization at Dec. 31, 2015, SNL data shows.<\/p>\n

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Its market cap was more than double that of the bank in second place, Lloyds Banking Group Plc.<\/p>\n

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Banco Santander SA shed more than 26% of its market cap between July and December, with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA losing 23% and Standard Chartered Plc losing 29%. Meanwhile, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale SA’s market cap increased by 1.7%, meaning it climbed to 13th, up from 18th at the end of June.
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