Spanish stocks - Factors to watch on March 26 (updated)

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26/03/2020 07:50

(Adds items on BME, Aena, ACS and Indra)
    March 26 (Reuters) - 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:
    
    BME  BME.MC 
    Spain's market regulator CNMV said on Thursday it had
authorized the bid by Swiss exchange SIX to buy the Madrid stock
market operator BME.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2BJ28J 
    
    REPSOL  REP.MC 
    Spain's Repsol said on Wednesday it would slash investments
by 26% this year to limit the damage caused by sliding oil and
gas prices and the coronavirus epidemic.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2BI8AW
    
    GRIFOLS  GRLS.MC 
    Grifols has agreed to work with the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration and other agencies to gather plasma from patients
who have recovered from COVID-19 and test potential therapies
for the disease, the pharmaceutical firm said on Wednesday.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2BI8PV
    Berenberg raised on Thursday its recommendation to "buy"
from "hold".
    
    MELIA HOTELS  MEL.MC 
    The hotel chain said on Wednesday it presented a Temporary
Employment Regulation File for employees of its hotels,
corporate and regional offices located in Spain due to the
coronavirus crisis. Melia said that temporary layoffs would
affect 1,050 people in corporate offices and 7,332 in the hotels
it has already closed.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2BI14G
    
    FERROVIAL  FER.MC 
    Ferrovial said on Wednesday that coronavirus pandemic has
started to show its impact on its activities, with a different
degree depending on the business line.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2BJ148
    
    AMADEUS  AMA.MC 
    The company said on Wednesday it has drawn a 1 billion euro
loan to refinance working capital and company's debt maturing in
2020.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2BJ19E
    
    ACS  ACS.MC 
    ACS will pay a large complementary dividend from the 2019
results despite the impact of the global economic crisis,
Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial said on Thursday.
    
    AENA  AENA.MC 
    The airport operator suspended all its investments and plans
to resume projects when the air traffic picks up, Spanish
economic paper Expansion reported on Thursday.
    
    INDRA  IDR.MC 
    Indra will lower the salary of employees not affected by the
temporary layoffs, said Spanish newspaper Vozpopuli on Thursday.
    
    PHARMA MAR  PHMR.MC 
    Pharma Mar will carry out a buy-back program representing
around 3% of its share capital, the company said on Wednesday.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2BI1AA
    
    CODERE  CDRE.MC 
    Codere has submitted Temporary Employment Regulatory Files
affecting 69% of its headcount in Spain, and  plans to present
additional temporary layoffs in the coming days for most of the
rest of its units in the country, the company said on Wednesday.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2BI1AC
    
    NATURHOUSE  NTH.MC 
    The company said on Wednesday that the temporary layoffs
caused by the spread of coronavirus would affect 80% of its
workforce in Spain, France and Italy.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2BJ133
        
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