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Barclays’ first-half profit rose by a better-than-expected 23%, the British bank said, as its markets business reaped bumper returns from the frenzied trading activity sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs.<\/p>\n
Pretax profit for the January-June period totalled 5.2 billion pounds ($6.9 billion), above analysts’ average forecast of 4.96 billion pounds.<\/p>\n
The bank also announced an expected share buyback of 1 billion pounds and a half-year dividend of 3 pence per share, equating to 1.4 billion pounds of total capital distributions to shareholders, up 21% from the year before.<\/p>\n
The earnings update from the Britain and U.S.-focused lender saw its investment bank lift overall returns, even as it shifts spending away from that unit to refocus on its domestic retail and corporate banking business.<\/p>\n
“We remain on track to achieve the objectives of our three-year plan, delivering structurally higher and more stable returns for our investors,” CEO C. S. Venkatakrishnan said in the statement.<\/p>\n
The bank’s results were overall ahead of expectations and showed its 2026 target for a greater than 12% return on tangible equity looks increasingly achievable, Jonathan Pierce, analyst at Jefferies, said.<\/p>\n
Barclays’ results followed Wall Street rivals such as Goldman Sachs which reported bumper second quarter earnings, as turbulent markets boosted trading.<\/p>\n
The British bank’s equities income rose 25% compared with an average 18% gain for the top five U.S. banks according to a Reuters calculation based on company statements.<\/p>\n
Barclays said revenue from trading fixed income, currencies and commodities, its traditional strength, grew 26%, against an average 14% increase for those rivals Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.<\/p>\n
Investment banking fee income from advising on deals fell 16% for Barclays, compared with a 13% average gain for its Wall Street competitors.<\/p>\n
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