Spain PM’s bailout comments spur market wariness

Published September 11, 2012 2:26pm ET



MADRID (AP) — Investors reacted warily Tuesday to comments by Spain’s prime minister that he won’t accept certain conditions in return for a European Central Bank proposal to buy Spanish government bonds.

In his first televised interview since being elected last November, Mariano Rajoy warned Monday night that there are “certain red lines” he won’t cross if Spain asks the eurozone’s bailout funds for help, which would trigger the bond buying under strict conditions.

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