MADRID, 21 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ibex 35 has deflated its rise after the opening of Wall Street, in such a way that from rising around 1%, it has finally closed with a slight fall of 0.05% and at 9,262.8 integers, below the level of 9,300 points that he had recovered during the session.
The Madrid selective has started the day this Monday looking again at China, with its main stock markets in negative, after the country’s central bank has announced a cut in the preferential interest rate of one-year loans, which are They are granted mainly to families and companies, from 3.55% to 3.45%.
On the other hand, the institution has left intact, at 4.2%, the preferential interest rate for five-year loans, which is the one used for most mortgage loans, despite the fact that analysts expected a reduction close to 15 basis points.
In a day that barely has weight references, investors are therefore still pending the Asian giant, whose doubts about its economic evolution already made a dent in the markets last week.
The markets have an important appointment this week for the future of monetary policy: the Jackson Hole central bankers’ summit, which will start on Thursday and whose main course will be served on Friday, with interventions by the president of the European Central Bank (ECB). ), Christine Lagarde, and the president of the United States Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell.
In this context, the Ibex 35 has closed with more than half of its values in negative, although the falls of Fluidra (-3.44%), Colonial (-2.65%), Merlin (-1.96%) stand out ), Acciona Energía (-1.64%) and Cellnex (-1.19%).
On the positive side, the biggest increases have been recorded by Bankinter (1.31%), Grifols (1.13%), Repsol (1.05%), Rovi (0.83%), Sabadell (0.77% ) and IAG ( 0.61%).
The rest of the main European indices have closed, on the other hand, with rises of the order of 0.81% in the case of Milan, 0.47% in that of Paris and 0.19% in that of Frankfurt. Only London ended lower, with a fall of 0.06%.
In the case of the US stock market, the Dow Jones fell 0.70% at the close in Europe and the S
On the other hand, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, rose 0.60%, to 85.30 dollars, while Texas stood at 82.00 dollars, 0.92 % further.
In the currency market, the value of the euro against the dollar rose to 1.0886 ‘green bills’, while in the debt market the interest required on the 10-year Spanish bond stood at 3.747%, with the risk premium at 104 basis points.
