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Bankia on Thursday had to bat away rumours it had been hit with a run on deposits
Pedro Armestre
A customer is seen using a Bankia ATM machine, on May 17, in Madrid. Shares in Bankia, taken over by the state because of its troubled loans, plunged after a report that clients had withdrawn more than a billion euros in the past week.