Ferrovial jumps 5 pct after Reuters interview

Shares in Spanish infrastructure group Ferrovial rose strongly after a Feb 3 interview with Reuters in which it said it might sell part of its stake in British airports operator BAA and that it hoped for a quick sale of Gatwick Airport. The interview triggered a request by the stock market regulator to issue a statement, was cited by the FT`s Lex column and newspaper The Times, and also surfaced in notes by analysts including BPI and Collins Stewart. Ferrovial shares gained 5 percent as investors took heart at the news of an inflow of cash into the heavily-indebted company.