AstraZeneca Buys Back 500,000 Shares At 3041P

23rd Jun 2010 08:06

LONDON (Dow Jones)--AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.LN) said Wednesday it has purchased for cancellation 500,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 3041 pence per share. MAIN FACTS: -Shares at 0705 GMT down 24 pence, or 0.8%, at 3024 pence. -By Tommy Stubbington, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9268; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 23, 2010 03:06 ET (07:06 GMT)