Spanish stocks - Factors to watch on Thursday
04/04/2013 07:13
The following Spanish stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Thursday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy: PEUGEOT PEUP.PA French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen's plans to build new vehicles in Vigo, northern Spain, will create 1,000 jobs at the factory, ABC reported, citing comments by the plant's director Antonio Munoz Codina. SPANISH ASSETS Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is seeking investment opportunities in Spain through a new private equity fund with as much as 1 billion euros, Expansion reported, citing unnamed financial sources. IAG ICAG.L ICAG.MC , VUELING VULG.MC Spanish businessman and former foreign minister Abel Matutes could emerge as a white knight for Vueling, the target of a 9.25 euro per share takeover bid by International Airlines Group (IAG), Expansion reported, citing unnamed sources close to the deal. Expansion cited Matutes as saying that the possibility of buying Vueling was among many proposals that he receives but declined to comment on his potential interest in the low-cost airline. Separately, IAG said on Wednesday it had firmed up orders for 18 of Boeing's BA.N 787 Dreamliners to replace British Airways' current fleet of Boeing 747-400s. ID:nL5N0CQ3V9 Spanish media said on Thursday that the deal to replace BA's long-haul fleet rather than Iberia's could anger the Spanish carrier's pilot union, which must accept or reject a major restructuring plan by Friday. REPSOL REP.MC State-run Petroperu has submitted a preliminary bid to buy the Pampilla oil refinery of Repsol in Peru, a source at the Peruvian firm told Reuters on Wednesday. ID:nL2N0CQ1K0 TREASURY Spain's Treasury aims to raise up to 4 billion euros through a triple bond auction on Thursday. Results are due around 0840 GMT. ECONOMY Markit will report its March Purchasing Managers Surveys for Spain's key service sector on Thursday, with a Reuters poll forecasting the rate of the industry's contraction seen increasing slightly with a reading of 44.2 after 44.7 in February. For today's European market outlook double click on .EU . For real-time moves on the Spanish blue-chip index IBEX please double click on .IBEX For IBEX constituent stocks highlight .IBEX in the command box and press the F3 button on your keyboard For latest news on Spanish stock moves double click HOT-ES For Spanish language market report double click on .MES For latest Eurostocks report please double click on .EU ((madrid.newsroom@reuters.com))