MADRID, 28 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Ibex 35 closed the penultimate session of the year with a correction of 0.35%, reaching 10,086.2 points, with the majority of its values ​​in ‘red’ and on a day with few references and trading.

In Spain, it has been learned that Spanish retail trade registered an increase in its sales of 5.7% year-on-year in November, a rate 1.2 points higher than that of the previous month, according to INE data, making it a total of twelve months on the rise in interannual terms.

For its part, in the United States, it has been published that initial requests for unemployment benefits reached a total of 218,000 applications the week before Christmas, which represents an increase of 12,000 people compared to the previous mark, the largest increase since the beginning. of November.

Given this situation, the increases within the Ibex 35 have been recorded by Rovi (1.67%), Indra (0.50%), Ferrovial (0.37%), Grifols (0.35%), Inditex (0. 33%), Solaria (0.24%), Acerinox (0.19%) and Logista (0.08%).

On the other hand, the most prominent ‘red lanterns’ have been Endesa (-3.87% due to the ex-dividend effect; without this effect, it has fallen 1.31%), Fluidra (-2.91%), Repsol (-2.25%), Unicaja (-1.44%) and Meliá (1.16%).

The main European stock markets have also closed with declines: Paris has lost 0.48%; Milan, 0.30%; Frankfurt, 0.24%; and London, 0.03%.

In the raw materials market, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, fell by 1.26%, to $78.65, while that of Texas fell by 1.05%, to $73.30.

In the currency market, the price of the euro depreciated 0.23% against the dollar, to 1.1079 ‘greenbacks’, while the interest rate on the long-term Spanish bond rose seven basis points and stood at 2.884%, with the risk premium (the differential with the German bond) at 92.3 points.