£5.2bn profit for Barclays bank

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File photo dated 16/09/13 of a view of a branch of Barclays as they have revealed a profits haul of ?5.2 billion for 2013 after the banking giant took the unusual step of announcing its headline figures a day early. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday February 10, 2014. The stock market disclosure came after a report in today's Financial Times that the bank was set to announce a one-third fall in operating profits to ?5.17 billion, alongside a trebling in bottom-line profits to ?2.86 billion. See PA story CITY Barclays. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Barclays has revealed a profits haul of £5.2 billion for 2013 after the banking giant took the unusual step of announcing its headline figures a day early.

The stock market disclosure came after a report in today's Financial Times that the bank was set to announce a one-third fall in operating profits to £5.17 billion, alongside a trebling in bottom-line profits to £2.86 billion.

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