LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Barclays' profits fell26 percent in the latest quarter from a year ago after earningsat its investment bank more than halved due to a slowdown incapital markets.
Barclays on Wednesday reported an underlying pretax profitof 1.4 billion pounds ($2.3 billion) for the three months to theend of September, down from 1.9 billion a year ago but above anaverage forecast of 1.25 billion from analysts polled by thecompany.
Barclays said its common equity Tier 1 capital ratio underfull Basel rules improved to an estimated 9.6 percent includingthe 5.8 billion pounds it raised in a rights issue last month.