MADRID, 1 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ibex 35 started August with a rise of 0.14%, reaching 9,655.09 points, after a month of July marked by the quarter-point rise in interest rates by the European Central Bank ( ECB) and the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) to tackle inflation that is gradually moderating.
Likewise, investors will still have to know more results throughout this week, the vast majority of them from companies listed on the continuous market.
In the early stages of this session, the biggest increases within the Ibex 35 were recorded by Meliá Hotels (2.02%), Unicaja Banco (1.6%), Grifols (1.31%) and CaixaBank (0.68% ), while on the opposite side the most pronounced decreases were registered by Ferrovial (-0.98%), Indra (-0.38%), Inditex (-0.3%) and Colonial (-0.26%) .
The hotelier Meliá Hotels International, which published its half-yearly accounts this Monday at market close, recorded a consolidated net profit of 46.2 million euros during the first half of this year, compared to 3.7 million in 2022, at the same time that revenues, excluding capital gains, increased by 22.7%, to 909.7 million euros.
The main European stock markets also opened this Tuesday with a negative sign: 0.24% for Paris, 0.17% for Frankfurt, 0.13% for London and 0.01% for Milan.
At the opening of the stock market, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, fell 0.3%, to 85.17 dollars, while Texas stood at 81.56 dollars, a 0.29% less.
In the currency market, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0993 ‘green bills’, while the Spanish risk premium was around 104.1 basis points, with the interest required on the 10-year bond at 3.503%.
