MADRID, 7 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Ibex 35 has started the session this Wednesday with a rise of 0.35%, which has taken the selective up to 9,343.12 points, in a day that has Inditex as its protagonist, whose shares were revalued by more than 4 % at the opening after presenting their accounts for the first quarter of their 2023-2024 fiscal year first thing today.

Investors will be watching today for the release of European macro data on exports, imports and the trade balance in France, as well as retail sales in Italy. They will also closely follow the speeches by the vice-president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Luis de Guindos, in Brussels, and by the member of the organization’s Executive Committee, Fabio Panetta.

In the early stages of the session, the biggest rise within the Ibex 35 was recorded by Inditex. The shares of the textile giant shot up more than 4% in the early stages of the session on Wednesday after presenting its best fiscal first quarter, with a net profit of 1,168 million, 54% more, and sales of 7,611 million euros, 13% higher than a year earlier.

It was followed by Unicaja (1.2%), Sacyr (0.93%), Banco Sabadell (1%) and IAG (0.66%), while on the opposite side, with the biggest drops, were Amadeus (- 0.82%), Merlin Properties (-0.49%), Red Eléctrica (-0.46%) and Naturgy, whose shares fell 0.44%.

Against Madrid, the main European stock markets opened this Wednesday with a negative sign: 0.29% for London, 0.28% for Paris, 0.25% for Milan, and 0.04% for Frankfurt.

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 75.89 dollars, with a decrease of 0.52%, while Texas was trading at 71 .36 dollars, with a decrease of 0.53%.

In the foreign exchange market, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0678 ‘greenbacks’, while the Spanish risk premium was around 98.6 points, with the interest required on the ten-year Spanish bond in 3.352%.