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Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 14th October 2020

Naturgy Ends Months Of Disputes With Sonatrach Through A Deal To Cut Price Of Gas Supplies

Spanish gas firm Naturgy has secured its gas supply for the next 20 years at a price lower than the current one. The news comes after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s institutional visit to Algeria. In the wake of this, Naturgy has signed off on the end to the disputes with Algerian state group Sonatrach. At the same time, it has agreed new contracts with the group valued at 20 billion euros over the next two decades.

Telefónica to reduce its reliance on Huawei

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 14th October 2020

Telefonica Is Creating A Subsidiary To Invest In Fiber In Germany

Banco Sabadell | Telefónica is in the final stages of negotiating an agreement to set up an independent company, which would be responsible for the deployment of a fiber optic network in Germany. The investment in the project is about 5 billion euros. Telefonica would structure the project through its subsidiary Telefonica Infra, which plans to sign an accord with an infrastructure fund and a group of financing banks around the end of October.

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 9th October 2020

Repsol’s Production In The 3Q20 Reached 615,000 b/d, Down 13.5% Compared To The Same Period Of 2019

Repsol reached a production of 615,000 bpd, which represents a decrease of 13.5% compared to the same period last year and 3.8% compared to the previous quarter, mainly due to the US (Marcellus and Eagle Ford). The refining margin, an important indicator for the downstream business, averaged a negative $0.1 per barrel in 3Q20. This level reflects the impact of the worldwide uncertainty caused by the coronavirus crisis. This indicator in the previous quarter was $ 3 per barrel, while in 3Q19 it was $ 5.5.

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 8th October 2020

The Ibex Has 35 Stocks Again With The Entry Of Solaria

Bankinter | The Ibex 35’s Technical Advisory Committee has decided to integrate Solaria to the index. It announced the exclusion of MasMovil last September before the takeover bid launched on the company. With this move, the Ibex, which has been temporarily composed of 34 companies, is now complete. Solaria comfortably meets the minimum capitalization criteria and presents very high levels of negotiation. The firm covers the entire solar energy value chain from wafer production to solar parks management.

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 7th October 2020

Acciona Is Awarded Line 6 Of Sao Paulo’s Underground Valued At Some €2.3 Bn

Acciona has formalized the agreement to take over the concession to construct, maintain and operate the São Paulo Metro line 6 (or Orange line). The company signed the agreement for the transfer of the concession, along with the Brazilian consortium MOVE, which had been previously in charge of the project, and the Brazilian State of São Paulo. The project is valued at €2.3 billion (R$15 billion). Once complete, Line 6 will serve 600,000 passengers per day.

The sale of Telefonica's share in 02 is unblocked

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 6th October 2020

O2 (Telefónica) And Liberty Global Plan To Invest €11 Bn In Upgrading UK Networks

In an opinion article published this Monday in The Times, the main executives of both groups, José María Álvarez-Pallete, president of Telefónica, and Mike Fries, executive director and vice-president of Liberty Global, flag that problems on the regulatory front, as well in the approval of infrastructure plans, means that the UK has fallen behind other countries like Spain, France, Portugal, San Marino or Madagascar in terms of coverage and broadband speed.

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 6th October 2020

Liberbank And Unicaja Resume Merger Talks To Create 5th Largest Spanish Bank By Assets

In February, Liberbank and Unicaja concluded possible merger contacts after failing to reach an agreement about the likely distribution of the shares of the new entity, but now the integration of both banks would give rise to the fifth lender in Spain in terms of asset volume, with €98.6 Bn (€56.7 Bn Unicaja and 41.95 Bn Liberbank). Net profit would reach €102 M in H1’20 (€61 M UNI and €41 M LBK). The new bank would have a network of 1,607 branches (1,028 UNI and 579 LBK) and 9,942 employees (6,274 UNI and 3,668 respectively).

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 5th October 2020

ACS Negotiates With Vinci The Sale Of Its Industrial Subsidiary Cobra For €5.2 Bn

ACS is in talks with French infrastructure group Vinci over the sale of its industrial division, Cobra, valued at approximately 5.2 billion euros. Vinci’s offer is purely indicative and non-binding. Of the total 5.2 billion euros, a minimum of 2.8 billion would be paid in cash. The rest of the amount could be paid in cash or in Vinci shares. If this was the case, then ACS would hold a 5.86% stake in the French firm. This would make it the second largest shareholder after the employees (8.2%).

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy, Uncategorised 1st October 2020

Meliá Takes The Advantage Of The Chinese Tourism Recovery Opening Its Fifth Hotel In The Country

According to the China Tourism Academy, more than 90% of hotels and tourist attractions in the country have reopened along with around 60% of travel agencies after containing the pandemic. Against this backdrop, Meliá Hotels has resumed work on an expansion plan which aims to double its presence in China within two years, from 5 to 10 hotels in operation. The reactivation of the domestic market have encouraged the company to open an ultra-luxury urban resort in Chengdu this week.

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 29th September 2020

The Rate Rise In Turkey Gives BBVA Breathing Space

Last week the Central Bank of Turkey raised its interest rate to 10.25% (compared to 8.25% previously). The Turkish lira recovered by 1% briefly against the euro and the dollar, but soon retook its downward trend. However, the move did give an unexpected boost to BBVA. Through its subsidiary Garanti, Turkey has become the Spanish bank’s third largest market by volume. BBVA’s shares shot up 5.3% (2,284 euros). A few days earlier, BBVA shares had recorded their minimum annual level of 2.16 euros

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