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The Corner has a team of on-the-ground reporters in capital cities ranging from New York to Beijing. Their stories are edited by the teams at the Spanish magazine Consejeros (for members of companies’ boards of directors) and at the stock market news site Consenso Del Mercado (market consensus). They have worked in economics and communication for over 25 years.
The security of the UK’s LNG supply is precarious

Spanish economy 12th July 2022

Spain Increases Gas Purchases From Russia (+3.2%) While Purchases Of Algerian Gas Fall (+41%)

Imports of gas from Algeria fell by 41.11% in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period the previous year. Meanwhile, purchases of this raw material from Russia increased by 3.2% year-on-year in the first six months of the year, according to the latest data from Enagás’ Boletín Estadístico, corresponding to June. Specifically, in the first half of the year Spain bought 55,962 gigawatt hours (GWh) of gas…

Enagas

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 12th July 2022

Enagás will flag potential growth in hydrogen; but visibility with regard to financing is very limited

Morgan Stanley | Enagas will present its strategic plan 2022-2030 this week. We are not very positive ahead of this presentation as we expect the company will flag the potential growth in hydrogen. This is something which we believe is very long-term and seems already to be reflected in the price at 20 euros/share. Meanwhile the visibility with regard to financing is very limited. In the most optimistic scenario the…

IAG

Companies, Relevant News Item 11th July 2022

Over 40,000 flights suspended as airline sector reviews the whole summer; bad news for IAG

Intermoney | The lack of personnel and strikes are leading to the suspension of over 40,000 operations out of those forecast for Europe over the summer months (25,000 alone between British Airways, Easyjet and Lufthansa). They are also provoking innumerable delays and problems with luggage. The fast increase in demand has been mixed with both the airlines and the airports’ difficulties’ in recovering the volume of their workforces which decreased…

PIBpercapita

Spanish economy 11th July 2022

Spain Under Sánchez: Worst GDP Performance In 2018-2021

“Sánchez could not stand that for two years in a row, 2021 and 2022, the growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product has been revised downwards, in the first quarter of the year. This has triggered the dismissal of the president of the National Institute of Statistics, Juan Manuel Rodríguez Poo. A discreet and honest professor of Fundamentals of Economic Analysis at the University of Cantabria, appointed president of the…

Telefónica

Spanish economy 11th July 2022

Telefónica Workers Reject 4-Day Work Week With 16% Pay Cut

Telefónica España workers have almost unanimously rejected the proposal to voluntarily opt for a four-day working week, which entailed a corresponding pay cut, although the company compensated with a 20% bonus. With just four days left before the deadline to join the plan, barely 1% of the workforce has signed up, according to EL PAÍS today, citing sources in the negotiations. The main reason for this lack of interest on…

Iberdrola2

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 11th July 2022

Iberdrola wins 2.122 MW in UK renewable auctions

Norbolsa | Iberdrola (IBE) has won Contracts for Difference (CfD) for 16 renewable energy projects in Scotland, England and Wales via a renewables auction in the UK. The company obtained a contract for the offshore wind farm East Anglia Three for 1.400 MW, five onshore wind projects for a total of 396 MW and ten solar photovoltaic sites for a total of 326 MW. In this way, Scottish Power has ensured…

Repsol

Companies, Ibex, In Spain, Spanish economy 9th July 2022

Repsol production falls 3.2% in Q2’22 (540.000 b/d); but refining margins continue recovery

Renta 4 | On Thursday after the market’s close, Repsol published operating figures for Q2’22, during which the price of Brent (113,9 USD/b) rose 65.1% year-on-year and 11.4% quarter-on-quarter. Meanwhile the price of gas (7,2 USD/Mbtu) was up 157.1% year-on-year and 44% quarter-on-quarter. We recall that in its guidelines for 2022, the Spanish oil and gas group considers levels of 70 USD/b and 3,7 USD/Mtbu, and that the sensitivity to…

boris jonhson

European economy 8th July 2022

Goodbye Boris, Goodbye

Brexit – the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union – was the great political attraction of Boris Johnson’s era as British Prime Minister. However, its effects have been disastrous for international trade, especially for Spain. As the daily Expanión explains, Brexit, Boris Johnson’s great electoral claim, has taken away 18 billion euros in trade between the United Kingdom and Spain. In 2021, the first full year of Brexit, UK…

construcciongruaTC

Spanish economy 8th July 2022

CNMC Fines Major Spanish Construction Companies 203 Million Euros For Sharing Contracts Until 2017

The National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) has fined six of Spain’s leading construction companies 203.6 million euros for having altered thousands of public tenders for building and civil works infrastructure contracts over 25 years. The companies penalised are Acciona, Dragados, FCC, Ferrovial, OHLA and Sacyr. According to the CNMC, between 1992 and April 2017, the construction companies met weekly to analyse tenders for works carried out by the various…

Madrid Bourse

Companies, Relevant News Item, Spanish Small & Mid Caps 8th July 2022

The Ibex Medium Caps is coping better with the pressure in Q2’22

Renta 4 | During Q2’22 the stock market indices have had to deal with the consequences of the war in Ukraine, the environment of high inflation, the uptick in IRRs and downward revisions to economic growth. In this context, the IBEX Medium Cap (-1.5% in Q2’22) has offered a relatively better performance out of the three benchmark indices (-4.1% of the IBEX-35 and -6.1% of IBEX Small Caps). Our Selection…