The pain in Spain
8 September 2017

Shares in the country’s lenders have been on a tear this year, outperforming the Madrid bourse by 5 pct. Now Liberbank is raising 500 mln euros – over half its market value – to scrub its balance sheet. The rights issue will test optimism about lower bad debts and rising rates.
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