MADRID, 24 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ibex 35 began this Tuesday’s session with a rise of 0.12%, which has allowed the selective to recover the level of 9,000 points, reaching 9,006.34 integers, in a day marked by uncertainty about the consequences of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, and the publication of business results in Spain, such as those of Enagás.
Before the start of the trading day, Enagás informed the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) that it obtained a net profit of 258.9 million euros in the first nine months of the year, which represents a drop of 26, 7% compared to the 353.4 million euros registered a year ago due to lower capital gains.
Investors will also be waiting this Tuesday for the intervention of the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, two days before the monetary policy meeting held by the organization in Athens.
In the macro field, during this day the unemployment rate of the United Kingdom and a battery of PMIs for the eurozone, France and Germany, among others, will be announced.
In the early stages of this session, the biggest increases within the Ibex 35 were recorded by Grifols (1.56%), Melía Hotels (1.36%) and IAG (1.04%), while on the opposite side the The most notable ‘red lanterns’ were Endesa (-0.65%), Telefónica (-0.60%) and Unicaja Banco (-0.30%).
The main European stock markets opened this Tuesday with a mixed trend: Paris rose 0.21%; Milan, 0.06%, and Frankfurt, 0.04%, while London dropped 0.11%.
At the opening of the stock market, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, was once again above 90 dollars, 0.43% higher, while Texas rose 0.37 %, up to $85.81, both affected by the escalation of tensions in the Middle East following the open war between Hamas and Israel, as well as the situation in Iran, in addition to pressures related to the conflict in Ukraine and the cut in the supply from Russia and Saudi Arabia.
In the currency market, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0684 ‘greenbacks’, while the Spanish risk premium was around 109.8 basis points, with the interest required on the 10-year bond at 3.907%.
