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ACS Clocks Up Capital Gain Of 2.9 Billion Euros With Industrial Division Sale

Link Securities | ACS and the Vinci Group have signed, with effect from 31 December, the public deed of sale of most of ACS’s Industrial Division agreed on 31 March. Pending is the carve-out in favour of ACS of certain predetermined assets, which will be executed mainly in January and in the following months. ACS received some 4.902 billion euros as consideration. With this price, ACS has obtained a net…


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The Madrid General Index will have 115 stocks in 2022

CDM/ The Management Committee of the Madrid General Index (IGBM) decided in its ordinary revision meeting that both the IGBM and the Total Index will be formed by 115 listed companies in the first half of 2022. This follows the exit of Barón de Ley, Biosearch, Codere, Euskaltel and Solarpack, and the entrance of Acciona Energías Renovables. Acciona Energías Renovables will become part of the index after its listing on…


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Mapfre To Receive €571m Compensation From Caixabank For The Break-Up Of The Bancassurance Alliance With Bankia

Mapfre has reached an agreement with Caixabank on the insurance business and announced a restructuring of the Spanish business. The compensation to be received by Mapfre for the break-up of the bancassurance alliance with Bankia amounts to 571 million euros. Of the total, 323.7 million euros corresponds to the sale to Caixabank of 51% of Bankia Vida for 110% of the market value (established by an independent expert). Then there…


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Spanish Economy 2021: No Grade Given (Come Back In September)

Fernando González Urbaneja | If we listen to the account from the government, the Prime Minister and his vice-presidents, the Spanish economic performance for the year just ended deserves an “A” grade. In spite of the difficulties, the external enemies, the irresponsible opposition, the uncontrolled gas, the unapologetic pandemic, the unforeseen Filomena… the Spanish economy has recovered, with resilience, with feminism, with sustainability, with environmentalism… And two objective data serve…


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Bad News: CPI Soars To 6.7% In December, Almost At 30-Year Highs

Bankinter : Preliminary December CPI +6.7% YoY rises strongly from 5.5% previously and well above the 5.6% expected. The underlying rate stands at 2.1% YoY in December (preliminary) from 1.7% previously. According to the INE, the advanced figure for December would be the highest CPI rate since March 1992. Of note in this behaviour is the rise in the price of electricity, higher this month than in December 2020. Also…


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Cintra, Ferrovial’s Toll Road Subsidiary, Has Acquired 24.86% Of The Indian Company IRB Infrastructure Developers For €369 million

Cintra, Ferrovial’s toll road subsidiary, has completed the acquisition of a 24.86% stake in Indian company IRB Infrastructure Developers for €369 million. The deal has been completed after a preferential share issue by IRB Infrastructure Developers, a leading infrastructure player in India, where it manages 24 projects spanning more than 2,500 kilometers of toll road. As a result, Ferrovial is now a significant minority shareholder with representation on the company’s…


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Siemens Gamesa receives an order for 84 wind turbines for a project in India, the third for the 3.X platform adapted for this market

Renta 4 | Siemens Gamesa has signed an order for 302MW with the promoter Ayana Renewable Power Six Private to supply 84 wind turbines of the SG 3.6-145 model for a project in India. This project is located in Gadag, in the state of Karnataka, in the south east of the country. It is the third one for the new Siemens Gamesa 3.X platform, specifically adapted for the Indian market….


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Spain Will Close 2021 With A Record Number Of Homes Sold: 640,000

According to the newspaper “El Español”, the Spanish real estate market could close 2021 with 640,000 home sales, of which 75,000 units would come from the new construction market, and 565,000 units from the second-hand market, according to Colliers. Over 30% more than in 2020 and 9% more than in 2019. “2021 will be the year with the most sales in the last decade,” says Ferran Font, director of research…


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Spain Receives The First Tranche Of The EU’s 10 Billion Euro Recovery Fund

The European Union has disbursed the first tranche of the €10 billion recovery fund to Spain on Monday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez have confirmed.“The first Next Generation EU payment, €10 billion for Spain, is on its way! Congratulations to Spain,” the German announced on her Twitter profile. “I hope to have more good news for other EU countries very soon”, she…


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IAG reiterates its commitment to analysing alternative options with Globalia “which could bring significant benefits”

Link Securities | The CEO of IAG, Luis Gallego, has insisted that they are looking for “alternative agreements” to be able to go ahead with the purchase of Air Europa. The operation has recently been on the back burner, according to last Thursday’s elEconomista.es. We should recall that Iberia’s parent company and Globalia, the owner of Air Europa, gave themselves to end-January as a deadline to evaluate other structures which…