NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The Madrid stock market rebounded Thursday as the Spanish government moved to block a move by Catalonia to declare independence, while Wall Street stocks surged once again to fresh records ahead of key US jobs data. The Spanish capital’s benchmark IBEX 35 shares index jumped 2.5 percent, largely offsetting the previous day’s 3.0-percent slump. Trade was more muted elsewhere in Europe, with Frankfurt dipping, while Paris and London posted […]
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Catalan leader says region will declare independence in ‘matter of days’
by Marianne Barriaux with Roland Lloyd Parry in Madrid Agence France-Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) – Spain was braced for further political upheaval Wednesday after Catalonia’s leader said the region would declare independence “in a matter of days.” Carles Puigdemont said his government would “act at the end of this week or the beginning of next”, the Catalan regional leader told the BBC in an interview Tuesday. He spoke after hundreds of thousands of Catalans rallied in fury […]





