Barclays’ £262 million buyback was a standout but the edge is fading
Barclays PLC would need about £262 million more to buy back the same number of shares at Monday's price than it paid in its two buyback programs earlier this year, filings show. The bank bought and cancelled 344.9 million shares for a total of around £1.5 billion at an average price of 434.9 pence. At 510.8p, buying that amount would now cost £1.762 billion. This is a hypothetical difference—Barclays can’t book it as a gain.