Repsol shares up 65 pesetas on H1 results .  MADRID 1996-08-29  Shares in [START_ENT] Spanish [END_ENT] oil and chemicals group Repsol were up 65 pesetas to 4,150 after the company announced net first half profits fell 1.1 percent to 61.45 billion pesetas on the previous year .  This was close to the market 's forecast of net profits of 61.94 billion .  Shares in Repsol shot up 100 pesetas to 4,175 shortly after the figures , having traded down 10 pesetas before the figures were released .  " It 's madness , " said an analyst at a Madrid brokerage , adding that the market had overreacted to the news . "  People were waiting for the results to come out before buying .  The rise has been very quick and very crazy . "  He predicted a correction , perhaps as early as this session .  -- Madrid Newsroom +34 1 585 2161
Repsol shares up 65 pesetas on H1 results .  MADRID 1996-08-29  Shares in
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oil and chemicals group Repsol were up 65 pesetas to 4,150 after the company announced net first half profits fell 1.1 percent to 61.45 billion pesetas on the previous year .  This was close to the market 's forecast of net profits of 61.94 billion .  Shares in Repsol shot up 100 pesetas to 4,175 shortly after the figures , having traded down 10 pesetas before the figures were released .  " It 's madness , " said an analyst at a Madrid brokerage , adding that the market had overreacted to the news . "  People were waiting for the results to come out before buying .  The rise has been very quick and very crazy . "  He predicted a correction , perhaps as early as this session .  -- Madrid Newsroom +34 1 585 2161
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