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A sign hangs above an entrance to a branch of Barclays Plc bank in the City of London, U.K. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Barclays on Friday reported first-quarter net profit


of £1.7 billion ($2.37 billion), helped by a fall in loan impairment charges. The British bank said these charges had fallen "significantly" in the first three months of the year


to £55 million — down from £2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2020. Analysts had expected first-quarter net income to come in at £1.3 billion, according to Refinitiv. Barclays posted net


income of £220 million for the fourth quarter of 2020. Shares of Barclays slipped more than 5% on the news. The bank's stock price is up about 31% since the start of the year. Barclays


reported a rebound in equity trading as stock markets recovered from their coronavirus-induced slump last year. Total income at its investment banking arm slipped 1% to £3.6 billion, but


equities — up 65% in their best-ever quarter on a comparable basis — helped offset a 35% fall in fixed income, currencies and commodities income. Other highlights for the quarter: * Revenues


hit £5.9 billion, down from £6.3 billion a year ago. * Operating expenses hit £3.5 billion, up from £3.3 billion a year ago. * CET 1 ratio, a measure of bank solvency, came in at 14.6%, a


fall from 15.1% last quarter. "While momentum in the consumer businesses, particularly card balances, will take time to build, Barclays secured significant new growth opportunities in


Q1 (first quarter)," Jes Staley, CEO of Barclays said in a statement. OUTLOOK Going forward, the British lender expects costs to rise in 2021 compared to the previous year. This is on


the back of coronavirus-related expenses, a real estate review, further structural cost action and higher pay. "While evidence of recovery is encouraging, we have continued to take a


cautious view of the impact of the pandemic on the business. We remain disciplined on costs, with a cost to income ratio of 61% this quarter," Staley said. Sudeepto Mukherjee, senior


vice president at consultancy Publicis Sapient, said the bank's results reflected a strong performance in the first quarter of 2021. "This is largely thanks to their robust


business model and strong CIB (Corporate and Investment Banking) performance. However, their consumer business still faces the headwinds of the Covid-19 pandemic which will likely continue


throughout 2021," he said in a note.


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