--Barclays's early trading suffered a significant hit after one of its top but unnamed investors sold the equivalent of a nearly 3% stake in the U.K. bank at a discounted price, Reuters reports.

--The investor opened a sales process for 575 million shares on Monday evening, with the offering being priced at a discount greater than 6% of Monday's closing price, at 150 pence a share, Reuters reports.

--Barclays's shares opened down around 6% on Tuesday, Reuters reports, noting that some of the lender's top shareholders include the Qatar Investment Authority and Blackrock.

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Write to Sabela Ojea at sabela.ojea@wsj.com; @sabelaojeaguix

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

March 29, 2022 05:40 ET (09:40 GMT)

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