The National Institute of Statistics (INE) published that the consumer price index (CPI) in Spain rose by 0.4% in February compared to January, a reading that confirms its preliminary figure and aligns with expectations from analysts at FactSet. The groups with the most significant positive monthly impact on the monthly CPI rate were: i) Hotels, cafés, and restaurants, which showed a variation of 0.7%, due to the increase in prices…
Intermoney | Ferrovial (FER) (Hold, PO €39) announced on Thursday an agreement with AtkinsRéalis, a Canadian engineering firm formerly known as SNC Lavalin Group, for the sale and purchase of 5.06% of the capital of the ETR407 motorway, for the sum of C$2.09 billion, or approximately €1.34 billion. Ferrovial thus increases its stake in ETR to 48.3%. Ferrovial will acquire 3.3% at the closing of the agreement, while the remaining…
Intermoney | Amidst the tariff ‘back-and-forth’, Wednesday’s US inflation data emerged and did not go unnoticed for showing a clear moderation of prices in each of its corresponding readings. Both the monthly and year-on-year CPI and the core CPI moderated compared to the previous month and were below expectations. The different figures were: monthly CPI (+0.2% vs. +0.3% Spain and +0.5% previous month), monthly core CPI (+0.2% vs. +0.3% Spain…
Alphavalue/ Divacons | The financial institution intends to reduce the number of members of the Banco Sabadell board in the event that the takeover bid is completed with a favourable outcome for BBVA and until the merger is carried out. In the prospectus submitted by the organisation to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), BBVA explains that as long as Sabadell remains a listed company under the control of…
Link Securities | Ferrovial’s biggest project currently under construction, the New Terminal 1 (NTO) at JFK airport in New York, is progressing according to schedule and budget, according to the company, as reported today in the newspaper Cinco Días. But as hard as the execution of the work, which is already more than 60% complete, is the commercial task of attracting airlines to an infrastructure intended for international traffic and…
Spanish wine, like European wine, is trembling. Donald Trump has decided to include it in the trade war that the United States is waging with the world and has threatened to impose a 200% tariff on them. This effectively means expelling Spanish wines from the U.S. market, a wine war that would particularly affect Catalan cavas and the wineries of Rioja and Ribera del Duero. This is indicated by the…
For a year now, Catalonia has been a real estate laboratory. This Sunday marks 12 months since the Generalitat decided to adopt the Housing Law and declare “stressed areas” in 140 of its municipalities, later adding another 131. It was the first community to do so – the Basque Country joined later, and so far no one else has – and today 90% of the Catalan population lives in an…
Telefónica has agreed with Millicom to sell all the shares it holds in Colombia Telecomunicaciones, representing 67.5% of its share capital, for approximately $400 million, as reported by the company to the CNMV. This represents an equity value of more than seven times EBITDA and the deconsolidation of debt of nearly €1.2 billion. “This operation is part of the asset portfolio management policy of the Telefónica Group and is aligned…
Alicia García Herrero (Natixis) | China’s most important annual gathering, the so-called Lianghui(两会) will ended on March 11 after over a week of meetings by the legislative body, the National People’s Congress (NPC), but also the most important consultative body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). One of the key objectives of these “Two Sessions”, as they are generally referred to in English, was to offer the key economic…
Crédito y Caución | The UK’s foreign trade remains scarce, and the main sectors of its economy are suffering from rising costs, more complex bureaucracy, and labour shortages. Five years ago, Brexit marked the beginning of a new era for Great Britain. The Trade and Cooperation Agreement introduced new regulatory barriers and customs controls with the European Union, but also the theoretical possibility of a British economy free to trade…