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Overall the FTSE 100 is currently up 44.62 points at 6863.91, compared to a futures forecast of around 81 points.

The overall surplus was near economists' average forecast of around 1.202 trillion yen, or $9.2 billion.

Even though the underlying figure was below the City's consensus forecast of around £5.4 billion, Barclays shares held on to earlier gains to stand 3.3p higher at 275p.

The group has commented that full-year debt will be around £500m – lower than previous guidance and our forecast of around £550m at the year-end.

The company, a provider of financial information and data, said it now expected full-year revenue growth of 5percentto6percentcent, up from a previous forecast of around 5percentt.

The company reported net profits of $0.08 a share before the opening bell, which handily beat the average forecast of around a $0.34 loss per share.

Profits rose by 10.1% to £191m, better than forecasts of around £181m.

Elsewhere home shopping group N Brown slipped 5.4p to 366p on profit taking after it said it would meet full year profit forecasts of around £97m.

Overall sales were up by 0.4%, below City forecasts of around 4%. Wolfson said increasing competition online – in terms of delivery options and discounting – and poor product availability had also hit performance.

For Rank it was its casino division which did well, helping the group to full year profits of £55.2m, compared to £48.5m last year and City forecasts of around £53m.

While the overall profits for the third quarter exceeded analysts' forecasts of around 1.9 to 2 billion Swiss francs, the bank's future remained clouded by falling revenues at Credit Suisse First Boston, its New York-based securities unit, which has been hit by a slide in bond markets.