LONDON (Dow Jones)--AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.LN), announced Monday it purchased for cancellation 500,000 ordinary shares at a price of 3253 pence per share. MAIN FACTS: -Shares at 0741 GMT up 4 pence, or 0.12%, at 3242 pence. -By Zechariah Hemans, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9411;
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