Barclays better than expected results buoyed its shares battered by the Libor scandal. Chairman Marcus Agius also reaffirmed its commitment to a universal bank. Lex's Richard Stovin-Bradford and Oliver Ralph discuss the numbers, its rating by the market and what's hoped for from the successor to ex-chief executive Bob Diamond.

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