MADRID, 23 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ibex 35 has started the session this Friday with a fall of 0.64%, which has led the Madrid selective to stand at 9,304.3 points, on a day marked by the publication of macro data such as GDP in Spain and UK retail sales.
Specifically, after closing yesterday with a decrease of 0.76%, the Madrid parquet was struggling to preserve the entire 9,300, after learning that Spain’s GDP recovered the pre-pandemic level in the first quarter after growing 0.6% up to March compared to to the previous quarter and 4.2% in the interannual rate.
The markets will also be attentive to the publication of the PMIs in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the eurozone, as well as the intervention of the member of the Executive Committee of the European Central Bank (ECB), Fabio Panetta.
In the early stages of this Friday’s session, the biggest increases within the Ibex 35 were recorded by Cellnex (0.22%) and Enagás (0.22%), while on the opposite side, with the biggest falls, They were Grifols (-2.35%), Aena (-2.1%), Colonial (-1.17%), Fluidra (-1.09%) and Acciona, whose shares fell 1%.
The main European stock markets also opened the day with a negative sign: 0.86% for Frankfurt, 0.54% for Milan, 0.51% for Paris and 0.30% for London.
In the raw materials market, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, stood at a price of 73.60 dollars, with a decrease of 0.73%, while Texas was trading at 68 .92 dollars, with a drop of 0.85%.
In the foreign exchange market, the value of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0921 ‘greenbacks’, while the Spanish risk premium was around 89.6 points, with the interest required on the ten-year Spanish bond in 3.417%.