Spain became the largest eurozone country to impose a windfall tax on banks in a sign of European governments’ search for funds to lessen the painful impact of price rises.
The move by Socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez — which the government said was designed to limit banks’ gains from rising interest rates — triggered sharp falls in the stocks of Spanish banks.
Shares in Caixabank, Bankinter and Sabadell fell by about 10 per cent after the levy was announced while those of Santander and BBVA, the country’s two biggest banks by market cap, dropped by nearly 4 per cent.
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