MADRID, 27 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ibex 35 has finally closed this Wednesday’s session with a fall of 0.37%, which has led it to stand at 9,331.9 integers, in such a way that it has already chained five consecutive sessions in ‘red’ since last Thursday.
In this way, the selective accumulates a drop of 3.25% since last Wednesday, when it was trading at 9,645.8 integers.
Before the opening of the Madrid selective it was known that the confidence of German consumers has registered a new deterioration of nine tenths for the month of October, according to the index prepared by GfK, which has stood at -26.5 points, compared to at -25.6 the previous month; Likewise, French consumer confidence has worsened more than expected in September and returned to the levels of last May.
In Spain, the INE announced at the start of the trading day that the number of mortgages constituted on homes fell by 18.8% last July compared to the same month in 2022, to total 29,223 loans, with an interest rate average that continued to rise, reaching 3.24%, its highest figure since August 2016.
Investors are also paying attention to the evolution of the Chinese real estate sector and, in particular, the situation of Evergrande. In this sense, the Chinese authorities have placed the president of this real estate developer, Hui Ka Yan, under house arrest, which has led to a collapse of more than 18% of the company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Santander has been the bullish value of the session, with an advance of 1.75%, after yesterday announcing a shareholder remuneration plan of 2.6 billion euros through a dividend of 0.081 euros per share, which represents a increase of 39% compared to the same dividend that was distributed in the previous year, and a share repurchase of 1,310 million euros.
Behind Santander are Banco Sabadell (1.30%), ArcelorMittal (1.22%), BBVA (1.03%), Repsol (0.87%), Aena (0.84%) and IAG ( 0.62%).
On the other hand, the largest decreases have been recorded by Solaria (-4.43%), Amadeus (-3.68%), Acciona Energía (-2.83%), Cellnex (-2.50%), Colonial (-2 .33%) and Merlin (-2.09%).
The main European markets have also closed negatively, with a decrease of 0.43% in London, 0.31% in Milan, 0.25% in Frankfurt and 0.03% in Paris.
At the same time, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, rose 2.56% and was close to 96.34 dollars, while Texas stood at 93.33 dollars, 3. 25% more.
In the currency market, the price of the euro fell 0.60% against the dollar, to 1.0509 ‘greenbacks’ – levels from mid-March -, while in the debt market the interest required 10-year Spanish bond rose to 3.936% and the risk premium stood at 108 basis points.
