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Shares of HSBC Holdings PLC rallied 1.96% to GBP15.37 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index rising 1.19% to 10,816.14.

HSBC Holdings PLC closed 4.51% below its 52-week high of GBP16.10, which the company reached on August 4th.

Trading volume totaled 11.7 million, compared to the 50-day average of 22.5 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet