MPS bank to cover stress test deficit by raising capital

(AGI) Rome, Nov 2 - Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena hasannounced that they are defining a Capital Plan with therelevant authorities in order to offset the deficit pinpointedby the European Central Bank stress test. "Currrently, themeasures envisage an integral coverage of the deficit byraising capital. The bank is not envisaging, however, an earlyconversion of the c.d.," MPS wrote in a communique . .