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Spanish stocks - Factors to watch on Wednesday

Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:14am EDT

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MADRID, April 15 (Reuters) - The following Spanish stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy:

SANTANDER (SAN.MC)

The banking group has raised its treasury stock to 3.92 percent from 2.18 percent as recorded by the stocks commission on April 8, official data show.

REPSOL (REP.MC)

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA)(PBR.N), together with partner Repsol (REP.MC), has discovered light oil in a new well in the BM-S-9 block in the Santos Basin, the company told Brazil's National Petroleum Agency on Tuesday.

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IBERIA (IBLA.MC)

March passenger traffic fell 7.3 percent year on year, Iberia said on Tuesday, as recession-hit travellers cut back on travel and the Easter holidays took place in April. However the fall was less than in January and February.

REALIA (RLIA.MC)

An auditor's report stated that the property firm could suffer negative cash flow of 406 million euros this year. Deloitte also wrote that the firm, in which Caja Madrid and FCC (FCC.MC) are the biggest shareholders, had debts of 877 million euros expiring this year.

URALITA (URA.MC)

The building materials firm said on Tuesday it would lay off 140 workers and temporarily lay off 80 others as it closed four factories.

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