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Spain's inability to reach a decisive result in its general election sent European credit default swap markets wider on Monday, although dealer desks said trading was very thin.

Repsol, the Spanish oil producer, issued a €600m five year 2.125% bond on Wednesday, in a torrid week for commodity markets, to finance a buyback of some Talisman Energy bonds.

Repsol, the Spanish oil producer, issued a €600m five year 2.125% bond today, in a torrid week for commodity markets, to finance a buyback of some Talisman Energy bonds.

Amadeus, the Spanish company that provides IT systems to the air travel industry, reaped the rewards of five weeks of patience on Tuesday as its €500m six year no-grow bond brought in an order book of over €4.75bn.

Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhone, the French motorways group, stayed with the defensive tactics of its previous bond issuance on Tuesday, raising a €500m 4.3 year floating rate note.

BBVA issued a €1.25bn five year covered bond on Tuesday that attracted an order book unequaled in size in the Cédulas market since July.

Alliance Data Systems, the unrated US private label credit card and marketing services provider, is set to end meetings with European investors on Thursday for €300m of unsecured notes, its first euro issue.

Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhone, the French motorways group, stayed with the defensive tactics of its previous bond issuance on Tuesday, raising a €500m 4.3 year floating rate note.

Amadeus, the Spanish company that provides IT systems to the air travel industry, reaped the rewards of patience on Tuesday after sitting in the pipeline for five weeks as its €500m six year no-grow bond brought in an order book of over€4.75bn.

Iberdrola, the Spanish electricity company, raised €500m of cheap funding on November 6 with an equity-neutral convertible bond, partly as a response to the recent disruption in the straight bond market.

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The head of corporate syndicated lending for EMEA and Asia at BBVA retired from the bank on Friday.