MADRID, 26 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ibex 35 has started the session this Wednesday with a slight rise of 0.09%, which has led the selective to 9,527.62 points, pending the monetary policy meeting held by the Federal Reserve (Fed) and in the midst of a wave of business results, including those of Endesa, Banco Santander, Enagás, Redeia and Aena.
Before the opening of the market, Banco Santander has announced that it obtained an attributable profit of 5,241 million euros in the first half of 2023, 7% more in constant and current euros than in the same period of the previous year. Enagás, for its part, closed the first six months of the year with a net profit of 176.8 million euros, which represents an increase of 486.2% compared to the 30.2 million profits in the same year of last year.
Likewise, Redeia obtained a net profit of 354.3 million euros in the first half of the year, which represents a fall of 2.4% compared to the same period of the previous year, while Metrovacesa registered net losses of 35.3 million euros in the first half of the year, in contrast to earnings of 12 million euros in the same period of 2022.
On the other hand, Endesa recorded a net profit of 879 million euros in the first half of the year, which is 4% less than the same period last year, while Rovi earned 66.6 million up to June, a 17% less.
This week the markets will also remain attentive to the monetary policy meeting to be held tomorrow by the European Central Bank (ECB).
In the early stages of this session, the biggest increases within the Ibex 35 were recorded by Banco Sabadell (1.49%), Naturgy (1.24%), Solaria (1.23%) and ACS (0.98%) , while on the opposite side the most pronounced decreases were registered by Aena (-2.55%), Cellnex Telecom (-1.07%), Acerinox (-0.65%) and Acciona (-0.47%) .
The main European stock markets opened this Wednesday with a mixed sign: Milan rose 0.31%, while Paris, London and Frankfurt lost 0.72%, 0.19% and 0.11%, respectively.
At the opening of the stock market, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, fell 0.47%, to 82.86 dollars, while Texas stood at 79.25 dollars, a 0.48% less.
In the currency market, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.1065 ‘green bills’, while the Spanish risk premium was around 105.3 basis points, with the interest required on the 10-year bond at 3,460%.
