FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - Deutsche Bank's recently weakening share price is getting a boost on Thursday from the institution's quarterly figures. In Tradegate trading, the securities gained 1.4 percent in pre-market compared to the Xetra closing price to 9.69 euros.

At first glance, the past quarter was better than expected, said a trader. He also referred to planned share buybacks and more significant cost reductions than initially communicated.

The shares had recently come under renewed pressure as the crisis at US regional banks flared up again and slipped below ten euros. They are currently still trading below this level, but in Xetra trading could again exceed the 21-day line for the short-term trend.

JPMorgan analyst Kian Abouhossein called the figures nevertheless mixed. He said corporate banking was strong, but investment banking and retail banking were weaker than expected. The focus is also likely to be on customer outflows.

In the U.S., the troubled regional bank First Rebublic had reported this week on a large withdrawal of customer funds in the first quarter, whereupon the share price had plunged by 65 percent within two days./ajx/stk