Round-Up of Friday's Earnings Reports

Here is you round-up of Friday's earnings reports

1. Barclays plc (BCS) - Get Report  posted stronger-than-expected first quarter pre-tax profits even as credit impairments at the British bank increased from last year.

2. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) - Get Report  shares rose to the highest level in more than a year after it notched its first quarterly profit since 2015 with a better-than-expected bottom line linked to aggressive cost cutting.

3. Sanofi SA (SNYNF)  shares hit their highest mark in more than a year Friday, boosted by better-than-expected first-quarter profits on strong sales from its biotech unit Genzyme and its over-the-counter business.

4. UBS AG (OUBSF)  shares rose sharply in Zurich Friday after it posted a much stronger-than-expected set of first quarter earnings and said client inflows to its wealth management division increased by more than $5 billion.

5. Renault (RNSDF)  led European auto stocks higher Friday after delivering a solid set of sales numbers for the first quarter.

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