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Spanish economy 13th December 2023

Inditex profits up 32%, earnings for first 9 months of 2023 reach €4,102 million

Inditex (ITX) today reported its results for the first nine months of the fiscal year (9M2023), covering the period from February to October: Net sales rose 11.1% year-on-year (+14.9% at constant exchange rates) in 9M2023 to €25,609 million. ITX highlighted the satisfactory evolution of its online shop revenue, which was positive in all geographies and in all formats. Gross margin rebounded at a faster pace than sales, 12.3% year-on-year to…

Spanish banks and housing market

Spanish economy 12th December 2023

Mortgages in Spain fall 22% year-on-year in October

According to preliminary data, released yesterday by the Association of Registrars, 44,454 home sales and purchases were signed in October, representing a decrease of 11.4% year-on-year. In the same month, and according to the same source, the decline in the number of mortgages on homes was more pronounced, falling 22.4% year-on-year, to 30,850 transactions. Moreover, in October the total number of sales and purchases (including all types of property) fell…

iberdrolaTC

Spanish economy 8th December 2023

Iberdrola wins five-year, €395-million renewables contract with Metro de Madrid

Alphavalue / Divacons| The utility has been awarded the supply of electricity with guaranteed origin from renewable energy sources for Metro de Madrid for a total amount of around €395 million over the next five years. Specifically, the energy company has been awarded the five lots put up for grabs by the Community of Madrid for the high and low voltage supply points of the metro network for the period…

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Spanish economy 7th December 2023

Household deposits now pay 2.4% in Spain, versus 3.3% in eurozone

The interest rate paid on European deposits has risen to its highest level in 14 years, but is still well below the ECB deposit rate and with significant divergence by country. The shift from overnight deposits to time deposits and money markets continues. The ECB has also published the interest rates paid on bank deposits in the eurozone, with the rate paid on household term deposits rising by two tenths…

Employment

Spanish economy 5th December 2023

Unemployment, employment and propaganda: 562,466 permanent contracts signed in November, reducing unemployment by 24,573

One of the biggest problems in understanding the employment and unemployment figures in Spain is that the new definitions and classifications used by the Ministry of Labour hide very different realities from those they preach. Thus, as the trade union USO explains “In November, 1,356,293 contracts were signed. Over the whole of 2023, more than 14 million. Of these, 41.47% were signed as permanent contracts in November, nearly 600,000, for…

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In Spain, Spanish economy 4th December 2023

Unemployment falls by 24,573 in November after three consecutive months of rises thanks to services sector

Bankinter| The number of unemployed fell by 24,573 in November (after 36,936 in October). This increase was mainly due to the services sector, which accounted for a large part of the fall in unemployment. With these figures, the total number of unemployed stood at 2,734,831 people (down 0.9% monthly and 5.1% year-on-year), its lowest figure for a month of November since 2007. For its part, Social Security lost an average…

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Spanish economy 1st December 2023

Spanish CPI moderates to 3.2% in November, core inflation to 4.5%, narrowing the gap between the two

CdM| The Consumer Price Index cut its year-on-year rate by three tenths to 3.2% (compared to the 3.6% expected), thanks to lower fuel and package holiday prices, and a less pronounced rise in those of food, than that experienced a year earlier, Europa Press reported yesterday, according to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). On the other hand, electricity prices fell less than they did in November 2022….

endesa enel

Spanish economy 27th November 2023

Brookfield, BlackRock, Schroders and Masdar to bid for 49% of an Endesa PV portfolio valued at €2.4 billion

Link Securities | Brookfield, BlackRock, Schroders and Masdar are competing for a 49% stake in Endesa’s renewables portfolio, in a deal that could be worth around €1.2 billion, as the total portfolio is valued at around €2.4 billion, according to today’s edition of Expansión newspaper. In the final stretch of the bidding for these assets are also the Danish fund AIP Management and the Thai state-owned oil company PTTEP. The…

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Spanish economy 26th November 2023

Mapfre and MásMóvil sign agreement to offer more than 15 M potential customers wide range of insurance products

Link Securities| The MásMóvil group and Mapfre (MAP) have signed an agreement to offer the telecommunications company’s customers a wide range of innovative insurance products, according to Expansión newspaper on Thursday. Thanks to this agreement, Mapfre will attract more than 15 million potential customers in Spain to whom it will offer its home, civil liability and commercial insurance products, which will soon be available to private customers, the self-employed and…

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Spanish economy 9th November 2023

Cellnex enters into an absolute return swap agreement for €150 million

Link Securities | In a Significant Event it was reported that Cellnex Finance Company, S.A. (Unipersonal), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cellnex (CLNX), has entered into a total return equity swap contract with a global financial institution, guaranteed by the company, in relation to Cellnex shares for a notional amount of €150,000,000 which, at current market prices, represents approximately 5,000,000 Cellnex shares, or approximately 0.7% of its share capital, maturing within…