MADRID, 5 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Ibex 35 has started the session this Wednesday with a rise of 0.38%, up to 9,218 points, in a day in which investors will be watching BBVA, which will distribute a dividend charged to the financial year 2022 for an amount of 0.31 gross per share, which means that it will distribute a total of 1,869 million euros among its shareholders.

After learning that the General Industrial Production Index (IPI) in Spain fell by 0.8% in February, the markets will also be attentive to the European macroeconomic references for industrial production in France, and retail sales in Italy.

Additionally, this Wednesday will also take place the annual meeting of shareholders of UBS, the Swiss bank that rescued Credit Suisse.

In the early stages of this Wednesday’s session, the biggest increases within the Ibex 35 were recorded by Acciona (1.92%), Iberdrola (1.18%), Solaria (0.83%), BBVA (0.69 %) and Santander (0.55%).

On the contrary, the most pronounced decreases were registered by Cellnex Telecom (-0.36%), Logista (-0.31%), Caixabank (-0.14%) and Amadeus (-0.13%).

The main European stock markets opened this Wednesday with positive trends of 0.07% for London and Paris, 0.06% for Frankfurt and 0.02% for Milan.

At the opening of the stock market, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, rose 0.48%, to $85.35, while Texas stood at $81.03, a 0.4% more.

In the currency market, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0949 ‘green bills’, while the Spanish risk premium was around 104.1 basis points, with the interest required on the 10-year bond at 3.306%.