spain-stock-exchangeMADRID: Spanish prices slumped 2.43 percent in opening trade Thursday as global markets took a grim view of a multi-billion-dollar move to shore up the US economy.

In the opening minutes, the Madrid stock market's IBEX 35 index of leading Spanish shares tumbled 199.2 points to 8,011.1.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011

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