BUZZ-Iberian banks slide, broker flags chance of earlier rate cuts ** Shares of Spanish and Portuguese banks fall between 2.3% and 5.6%, with an analyst saying that earlier-than-expected interest rate cuts may penalise stocks ** Portugal's Millennium BCP BCP.LS and Spain's Sabadell fall more than 5%, while Caixabank CABK.MC , Santander SAN.MC and B

UPDATE 2-European shares slip after recent rally, economic worries weigh For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window German industrial output falls unexpectedly in October Iberian banks slide, broker flags chance of earlier rate cuts Games Workshop slumps on weak licensing forecast STOXX 600 off 0.3%, Germany's DAX slips 0.2% Updated at 1700 GMT By Khushi Singh, Ankika Biswas and Bansari Mayur Kamdar Dec 7 (Reuters) - European shares

ECB raises minimum capital requirements for Spanish banks MADRID, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank has raised the minimum capital requirements for Spanish lenders BBVA BBVA.MC , Caixabank CABK.MC , Sabadell SABE.MC and Bankinter BKT.MC as part of a supervisory review and evaluation process (SREP). The process provides an overall assessment of the challenges that face significant institutions, together with the corresponding solvency requirements and other supervisory measures that ban

BUZZ-A transition year 2024 for eurozone banks; GS cuts SocGen and AIB, ups KBC ** Goldman Sachs sees 2024 as a transition year for euro area banks, as they leave behind a peak rate environment and the ECB is expected to start cutting rates in Q2 ** The broker does not expect these cuts to materially affect the 2024 estimates for net interest incom

Spanish stocks - Factors to watch on December 1 Dec 1 (Reuters) - The following Spanish stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Friday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy: BBVA BBVA.MC Spain's BBVA, the euro zone's third-biggest bank by market value, on Thursday said the European Central Bank had set a minimum threshold for its strictest measure of solvency or Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital of 9.09% for 2024, above th