MADRID, 31 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ibex 35 softened during the half session the rate of fall that it had registered at the opening, so that towards 12:00 noon, the selective index of the Spanish stock markets and markets stood at 9,672.1 points, which implies a fall in the 0.13% compared to Friday’s close.
After the multitude of business results that were known last week, investors will still have to know more accounts this week, the vast majority of them from companies listed on the Continuous Market.
For its part, this Monday it became known that the year-on-year inflation rate in the euro zone fell two tenths in July compared to the previous month, thus reaching 5.3%, which represents the lowest increase in prices since January. 2022, according to the preliminary estimate of Eurostat, which, however, maintains the underlying rate at 5.5%.
In this context, IAG led the selective gains, advancing 3.02%, ahead of Meliá (2.99%), Rovi (1.90%), Sacyr (1.69%), Repsol (1.46 %) and Grifols (0.95%).
On the contrary, Indra was positioned as the stock with the worst performance towards the mid-session (-2.22%), ahead of Cellnex (-2.16%), Mapfre (-1.66%), Amadeus (-1 40%), Colonial (-1.19%) and CaixaBank (-1.11%).
Compared to the rest of the major European markets, the German DAX advanced 0.13%, while the Italian FTSE MIB appreciated 0.48% and the French CAC 40 rose 0.47%. Britain’s FTSE 100 was down 0.08%.
In the raw materials market, a barrel of Brent appreciated 0.52%, up to 85.43 dollars, while West Texas Intermediate stood at 81.21 dollars, 0.78% more.
In the debt market, the yield of the Spanish bond with a maturity of 10 years was 3.543%, which represents a slight increase compared to 3.515% on Friday. Thus, the risk premium against German bonds fell by seven tenths, to 101.6 basis points.
On its side, the euro has appreciated by 0.18% against the dollar, reaching a market exchange rate of 1.1036 dollars for each euro.
