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Spanish economy 31st March 2025

Repsol hit by Revocation of US Permit to Sell Venezuelan Oil

US President Donald Trump’s trade siege of Venezuela, revoking permits to do business with the Venezuelan state holding company PDVSA, has ensnared US-based Global Oil Terminals, India’s Reliance Industries, Italy’s ENI, France’s Maurel & Prom… and Repsol, which has more than €500 million in equity risk in that country. This is evident from Repsol’s 2024 annual report. After systematically reducing its equity exposure in Venezuela for several years, in 2024,…

Spanish economy 27th March 2025

Ministry of Labour admits 687,884 unemployed not counted

The Minister of Labour, Yolanda Díaz, and her team have spent three years without specifying how many people with fixed-discontinuous contracts are registered in the public employment service offices, arguing that the registration of job seekers is the responsibility of the autonomous communities. However, despite this opacity, the statistical services of the department do handle and even publish these figures. Thus, they estimate that in 2024, the number of people…

Spanish economy 27th March 2025

Repsol sells 49% of 400 MW renewables to Schroders Greencoat

Repsol has partnered with Schroders Greencoat, a manager specialized in renewable infrastructure from Schroders Capital, which enters as a partner with a 49% stake in a wind and solar portfolio of 400 megawatts (MW), valued at €580 million. The portfolio includes eight wind farms, totaling 300 MW, located in Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Additionally, it encompasses two photovoltaic plants totaling 100 MW in Palencia. All assets are expected to be…

Spanish economy 26th March 2025

Rovi Laboratories shows brilliant revenue growth, 1.5-1.8x in sight

Jefferies | Rovi Laboratories (ROVI), ahead of its CMD (9am UKT), has announced a revenue forecast for FY30E of 1.5-1.8 times FY24 levels, a midpoint of €1.261 billion (up 10% versus estimated JEF €1.144 billion). This growth is driven by the forecast of a two-fold increase in CDMO revenues in 24, to around €700 million in 2030E (up 60% compared to €429 million in 2005). Including the additional €250 million…

Spanish economy 26th March 2025

Spain’s seven critical materials mines to be supported by EU

Of the 47 strategic projects selected by the European Commission in thirteen of its member states to ensure and diversify access to raw materials in the European Union, seven projects belong to Spain. Four are classified as extraction projects, two are integrated projects involving both extraction and processing, and one is categorized under recycling, in line with the objective of the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) to meet the EU’s…

Spanish economy 24th March 2025

Spanish exports grew by 14% during Trump’s first term

Elisa Carbonell, CEO of ICEX | The global geopolitical situation has been complex for several years now: with the Covid-19 pandemic, global supply chains were put to the test, and since then, various events of different natures have occurred that are having implications for international trade. Despite this, Spanish merchandise exports have performed well in recent years: Spanish companies have been able to maintain and even increase their global market…

Spanish economy 24th March 2025

CNMV approves March family’s delisting of Corporación Financiera Alba

Link Securities | The Board of the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) agreed to authorise the delisting offer for Corporación Financiera Alba (ALB) submitted by the company itself, Carlos March Delgado and Son Daviú, S.L.U. on 17 January 2025, on the understanding that its terms comply with current regulations and that the content of the explanatory brochure submitted after the latest amendments registered on 13 March 2025 is sufficient. The…

Spanish economy 21st March 2025

Indra criticises General Dynamics’ management by announcing intention to buy armoured vehicle manufacturer Santa Bárbara Sistemas

Alphavalue/ Divacons | Expansión comments that Indra is concentrating its signings on defence companies. For his part, the president Ángel Escribano emphasises that they will fulfil the strategic plan ahead of schedule. According to yesterday’s Expansión, the Spanish IT services and consulting company harshly criticised the management of Santa Bárbara by General Dynamics, the US defence giant. The Spanish company started a transatlantic war of words by announcing its intention…

Spanish economy 20th March 2025

Housing prices to rise by 10% in sales and 8.6% in rentals in 2025, according to UCI and SIRA

Renta 4 | According to the forecasts included in the 22nd edition of the Real Estate Barometer, prepared by the Union of Real Estate Credits (UCI) and the Spanish International Realty Alliance (SIRA), the price of housing will rise by 10% for sales and 8.6% for rentals in 2025. Transactions, meanwhile, are expected to grow by 4.6%,to 750,000 units. The context of supply-demand imbalance, the fall in interest rates and…

Spanish economy 20th March 2025

Spain’s trade deficit reaches €6.19 billion in January, Eurozone surplus €1 billion

Link Securities | According to data released by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, in January Spain’s trade deficit increased to €6.19 billion, compared to €3.73 billion in the same month last year, reaching its highest level since October 2022. In January, exports fell by 1.2%, to €29.78 billion, weighed down by sharp contractions in the automotive sector (21.2%), energy products (15.0%) and capital goods (5.7%). Among the main…

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