Spanish stocks - Factors to watch on Wednesday

ABERTIS (ABE.MC)

Spanish infrastructure firm Abertis is studying a restructuring plan aimed at boosting growth in its five main business areas. [ID:nLDE71M07G]

POPULAR (POP.MC)

The Spanish bank is in talks to sell its securities settlement and custodian departments, Expansion reported, citing unnamed sector sources.

FERROVIAL (FER.MC)

Spanish builder Ferrovial is due to report 2010 results on Wednesday before the market opens, with net profit seen at 2.67 billion euros according to a Reuters poll. [ID:nLDE71H0MP]

IBERDROLA RENOVABLES IBR.MC

The world's largest wind farm operator will book 4 percent growth in 2010 net profit on Wednesday after the market closes, slowing from 7 percent growth to September, according to a Reuters poll. [ID:nLDE71H0TA]

REPSOL (REP.MC)

Spain's Repsol and Italy's Eni (ENI.MI) said they had halted output in Libya as unrest sweeping Africa's third-largest producer kept crude price near a 2-1/2-year high. [ID:nLDE71L11T]

Separately, Cinco Dias reported, without citing sources, that core shareholder Sacyr (SVO.MC) will vote for Repsol Chairman Antonio Brufau to remain at the healm of the oil firm.

IBERDROLA (IBE.MC)

Spain's Iberdrola said its board of directors has agreed to either maintain or lift the power firm's dividend for 2010. [ID:nLDE71L2BR]

EADS (EAD.PA)

The U.S. Air Force may announce as early as Thursday whether Boeing Co (BA.N) or Europe's EADS has won a projected $35 billion contract for 179 new refueling planes, a senior defense official said. [ID:nN22303236]

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