MADRID, 2 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ibex 35 increased its opening gains at midday and registered an advance of 1.15%, reaching 10,128.5 points, a level at which it has been trading in recent days but which has not consolidated at closing since early January, while the index awaits the US employment report for January this afternoon.
Precisely, this morning the national selective has learned that unemployment in Spain rose by 60,404 people in January due to the end of the Christmas campaign, up to 2.76 million, while Social Security lost an average of 231,250 contributors in January compared to to the previous month (-1.1%), placing the number of average affiliates at 20,604,761 contributors, its highest level this month within the historical series.
In the business field, marked by the publication of annual accounts, CaixaBank has informed the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) that it earned 4,816 million euros in 2023, compared to 3,129 million in 2022, which represents an increase of 53.9%, and will distribute a dividend of 2,890 million.
In this context, the largest increases within the Ibex 35 in the middle section of the negotiation were recorded by Grifols (4%), Colonial (3.75%), BBVA (2.9%), Banco Santander (2.75% ) and IAG (23%), while on the decline side only Repso (-2.81%), Indra (-1.2%), Caixabank (-1.2%), Banco Sabadell (-0 .77%) and Bankinter (-0.68%).
The European stock markets also opted for increases at midday, although with less intensity than the Spanish market: London added 0.23%; Milan 0.54%; Paris 0.57% and Frankfurt 0.78%.
At the same time, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, rose 0.5%, to 79.1 dollars, while Texas stood at 74.18 dollars, 0. 48% more.
In the foreign exchange market, the price of the euro against the dollar advanced 0.1%, to 1.0882 ‘greenbacks’, while in the debt market the interest required on the 10-year Spanish bond climbed slightly to 3.082%, with the risk premium (the differential with the German bond) at 92.5 points.
