Friday preview: RBS unveils first-quarter results

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is expected on Friday to report a "very weak performance" for the first quarter of 2013 and slow recovery thereafter, according to analysts at Investec.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is expected on Friday to report a "very weak performance" for the first quarter of 2013 and slow recovery thereafter, according to analysts at Investec.

The state-backed lender's attributable profit for the first three month of the year is estimated to come in at £0.1bn while earnings per share is pegged at 1.3p.

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