Barclays to report $8.5 billion underlying profit
The bank said in a brief statement to the stock exchange it will report a statutory pretax profit of 2.9 billion for 2013. It did not provide any further numbers or information.
Its adjusted profit before tax will come in below the 5.4 billion pound average forecast from analysts polled by the bank.
($1 = 0.6100 British pounds)
(Reporting by Steve Slater; Editing by Matt Scuffham)