British bank Barclays revealed a net loss of £111 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, equivalent to $139.8 million, marking a significant development as the bank unveils its first major strategy update since 2016. This announcement comes as Barclays initiates a substantial restructuring effort to combat declining profits. Analyst …
Read More »Wall Street begins 2024 down on surging yields rise
The first trading session of 2024 saw a decline in the US stock market as investors lowered their expectations for interest rate cut this year. Tuesday’s drop in Apple shares is due to a downgrade by Barclays. Tesla continues to deliver record numbers in Q4. The drab beginning comes after …
Read More »WTI retreats over 2% on China’s economic slowdown
At the time of writing, the price of a barrel of WTI crude oil is $80.292. On the whole, it is down nearly -1.86%. In response to the economy’s sluggish recovery, China’s central bank lowers crucial lending rates, which affects the outlook for global oil consumption. Saudi Arabia and Russia’s …
Read More »Barclays cuts 2023 oil price forecasts on resilient Russian output
Barclays lowered its 2023 oil price projections on Wednesday, citing higher-than-expected Russian output, and warned the market might go into deficit in the second half of the year due to rising Chinese demand. The bank reduced its average projections for the Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmarks to $92/b …
Read More »Barclays shares tumble 9% as profit disappoints
Barclays reported a 14% fall in full-year pretax profit on Wednesday as earnings were poleaxed by surging costs, a collapse in deal fees and multi-million dollar fines relating to an administrative blunder. Earnings fell short of expectations and came as rising interest rates should be boosting returns, sending shares in …
Read More »Barclays posts profit beat for the third quarter on strong bond trading revenue
Wednesday reported an unexpected rise in third-quarter earnings on the back of strong trading revenues, despite a continued drag from a costly U.S. trading error. The British lender posted a net profit attributable to shareholders of £1.512 billion ($1.73 billion), above consensus analyst expectations of £1.152 billion and marking an …
Read More »Oil falls 2% as Fed rate hike talk ghosts risk markets
At the time of writing, WTI picks up bids towards $84.00, extending the late Monday’s recovery during the initial Asian session on Tuesday. The oil benchmark’s latest recovery takes clues from a bullish Doji candlestick and Momentum line. Oil prices fell about 2% on Monday, hit by investor concerns over …
Read More »Barclays profit gets boost from investment banking
Barclays reported better than expected Q3 profits on Thursday, following its Wall Street rivals in receiving a strong push from investment banking.The British bank reported Q3 profit of £1.45 billion vs expected £931.25 million. The figure marks a significant increase from the £611 million reported for Q3 last year.“For many …
Read More »Barclays Posted a Profit of £2.1 in Q2 2021
Barclays announced second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, July 28, which amounted to 2.1 billion pounds, or about 2.9 billion dollars, compared to 90 million pounds in the second quarter of 2020. Analysts had expected a reported net profit of £1.7 billion in the three months to the end of June, according …
Read More »Barclays Raises Its Oil Price Forecast
Barclays Bank said on Thursday that supply and demand factors in the oil market predict a slow increase in prices over the next few months and raised its forecast for the price of crude oil in 2021 by between three and five dollars a barrel. “Oil prices could rise to …
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