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Spain’s industrial cost disinflation continues with -0.2% monthly drop in April

March | Industrial production costs continue to fall in Spain, albeit at a slower pace. April’s data showed a -0.2% monthly fall in industrial production prices, bringing the year-on-year decline in industrial costs to -6.6% from -8.2% previously. With this figure, producer prices have now fallen for more than a year (they entered negative territory in March last year), while in terms of the underlying rate (excluding energy), industrial cost…


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20th MidCap forum kicks off at Spanish Stock Exchange

The MedCap forum, organised by Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, celebrates its 20th edition between Tuesday 28th and Thursday 30th May. Designed as a meeting point between the main small and mid-cap companies and national and international institutional investors, this year it will be attended by more than a hundred issuers and other market operators. The main objective of MedCap is to boost the liquidity and financing capacity of listed small…


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Cost of insuring Sabadell’s debt (104 bp) is double that of BBVA (42 bp)

Accuracy | The downward trend in the CDS (5Y Senior Debt) spreads of the main Spanish banks over the last 12 months continues, thanks to the market’s improved perception of the risk of default on debt issued by banks. The ghosts of contagion from the US mid-market banking crisis have been completely banished. Sabadell continues to be the Spanish bank with the highest spread, at 104.8 bps at the end…


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Acciona Energy expects to reach capacity increase target in 2024, but acknowledges this does not currently allow it to generate €1.1 billion Ebitda

Intermoney | Acciona (Buy, PO €200) and Acciona Energía (Buy, PO €29) have published their 3-month trading statements (TS), in which they do not provide P&L data, only operational data. The companies will not hold conference calls. Acciona Energy’s key operating data is shown in the attached table, along with our forecasts for 2024e as a whole. Overall, ANE expects to reach its capacity increase target of 1,700 MW in…


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Spanish companies’ sales down by 10% in March making it 12 consecutive months of falls

The turnover of Spanish companies suffered a 10.6% drop in March compared to the same month in 2023, its biggest fall since February 2021, according to data provided today by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Although it should be borne in mind that last year Easter fell in March and in 2024 the positive effect of these dates corresponded to April, the truth is that if seasonal and calendar effects…


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Indra finalises decision to sell stake in Minsait and hires Citi and AZ Capital to manage process

Renta 4 | According to press reports, Indra has hired Citi and AZ Capital for the Minsait sale process. The valuation of the investment banks carried out in the last weeks presents a very wide range, between €1.3 and €2.1 billion. The management announced at the Investor Day on 6 March its intention to sell a minority or majority stake in its technology subsidiary. The objective is to start the…


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BBVA reiterates it will not improve offer for Banco Sabadell, believes government will eventually appreciate strength of deal

Alphavalue / Divacons | BBVA CEO Onur Genç has repeated in an interview with Expansión newspaper that they will not improve the offer for Banco Sabadell. Mr Genç hopes that the government will eventually appreciate the strength of the deal. The CEO explains that the decision has not been easy for the bank, but defends that it is a “transformative” transaction for BBVA Spain and “extremely favourable for Sabadell shareholders”….


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Funcas revises Spain’s 2024 GDP growth upwards by two tenths of a percentage point to 2.1%

The Funcas panel has revised upwards by two tenths of a percentage point the GDP growth forecast for 2024, to 2.1%. The improvement is due to higher-than-expected growth in the last part of 2023 and the first quarter of this year, in addition to the fact that the most recent indicators point to similar vigour in the second quarter. Of the 19 panellists, 13 have revised their forecasts upwards and…


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Amazon to invest €15.7 billion in data centres in Aragón

Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest €15.7 billion to expand its three data centres in Huesca, El Burgo de Ebro and Villanueva de Gállego (Zaragoza), and add a new enclave in Zaragoza, which is expected to create 6,800 new jobs in the region. This is the largest technological investment made to date in Spain and southern Europe. According to the President of the Government of Aragon, Jorge Azcón, “the investment…


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Telefónica pacts with Masorange and Vodafone to share frequencies in upcoming 5G rollout in rural areas and small towns

Banco Sabadell: According to press reports, Telefónica has reached an agreement with Masorange and Vodafone to share frequency spectrum for its mobile services in Spain. Specifically, the agreement allows them to use the 700 MHz band jointly in network deployments following the upcoming award of the Single Active Networks tender, which aims to extend 5G technology in rural areas and small towns. Assessment: Positive news with limited impact. The agreement…