Barclays earnings Q3 2002

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LONDON — Barclays on Wednesday documented an surprising rise in third-quarter earnings on the back of powerful trading revenues, inspite of a continued drag from a expensive U.S. trading mistake.

The British lender posted a web gain attributable to shareholders of £1.512 billion ($1.73 billion), above consensus analyst anticipations of £1.152 billion and marking an maximize from a restated £1.374 billion for the exact period of time final calendar year.

“We delivered an additional quarter of powerful returns, and realized profits progress in each individual of our three companies, with a 17% enhance in Team cash flow to £6.4 billion,” Barclays CEO C.S. Venkatakrishnan explained in a assertion.

“Our general performance in FICC (set revenue, currencies and commodities trading) was particularly powerful and we ongoing to create momentum in our buyer organizations in the U.K. and U.S.”

  • Popular equity tier just one cash (CET1) ratio was 13.8%, in contrast to 15.4% at the finish of the third quarter of 2021 and 13.6% in the previous quarter.
  • Group profits strike £6 billion, up from £5.5 billion for the exact period of time final calendar year.
  • Return on tangible equity (RoTE) was 12.5%, in contrast to 11.4% in the 3rd quarter of 2021.

Barclays shares will commence Wednesday’s trading session down nearly 20% on the yr.

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