MADRID, 18 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ibex 35 began this Wednesday’s session with a drop of 0.23%, which has allowed the selective to maintain the level of 9,200 points, until reaching 9,276.99 integers, in a day that will be marked again due to the conflict between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).
Investors will be paying attention during this trading session, on the eve of the start of business results in Spain with Bankinter’s publication this Thursday of the final inflation data for the eurozone in September.
Before the opening of the Madrid selective it was known that China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) registered an expansion of 1.3% in the third quarter of the year compared to the previous three months, when growth was 0.5%, according to the data revised downwards from the 0.8% initially announced.
In the early stages of this session, the biggest increases within the Ibex 35 were recorded by Repsol (1.34%), CaixaBank (0.66%), Logista (0.47%) and BBVA (0.34%), while on the opposite side the most prominent ‘red lanterns’ were IAG (-1.36%), Ferrovial (-0.97%) and Solaria (-0.95%).
The main European stock markets opened this Wednesday with a mixed trend: Paris and Frankfurt lost 0.11% and 0.09%, respectively, while Milan and London rose 0.17% and 0.02%, in each case. .
At the opening of the stock market, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, was above 91 dollars, 1.62% higher, while that of Texas rose 1.86% , up to $87.03, both affected by the escalation of tensions in the Middle East following the open war between Hamas and Israel, as well as the situation in Iran, in addition to pressures related to the conflict in Ukraine and the cut in supply from Russia and Saudi Arabia.
In the currency market, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0578 ‘greenbacks’, while the Spanish risk premium was around 111.4 basis points, with the interest required on the 10-year bond at 4.017%.
