Spain's Bankia Free-Falls On Bank Run Rumors

May 17, 2012 8:43 AM EDT
Another day, another European bank debacle.

Following talk of bank runs in Greek since the start of the week, now Spainish banks come back to the forefront.

Shares of recently nationalized Spanish bank Bankia plunged on word customers have taken out EUR 1 billion from their accounts over the past week, according to El Mundo newspaper.

Spain took over the bank on May 9.

In response to rumors of a run, the Bank of Spain said the depositor exitus is not true.

Traders may be playing ETF iShares MSCI Spain Index (NYSE: EWP) in reaction to the news.


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