MADRID, 16 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ibex 35 closed the week at 9,886.4 points, which represents a decline of 0.10% compared to the previous Friday, in a day marked by the outlook for monetary policy in the United States after the latest inflation data and by the publication of business results.
Compared to Thursday, the price of the selective of the Spanish stock exchanges and markets has fallen by 0.41%.
On Tuesday it was known that inflation in the United States stood at 3.1% in January, three tenths less, with the underlying inflation remaining unchanged at 3.9%. Both data were worse than expected by the market consensus and after being known, the Ibex 35, which had briefly touched 10,000 integers, turned with a downward correction.
“The inflation data in the US raised fears about a new overheating of the economy, although the drop in retail sales reassured investors,” said XTB analyst Joaquín Robles.
Likewise, this week Talgo was listed again after the Hungarian group Ganz-MaVag (Magyar Vagon) confirmed its interest in purchasing the railway manufacturer.
On Wednesday, Mapfre reported an annual profit of 692 million (7.7%), while Aedas Homes reported that it recorded net profits of 22 million (56%) in its first nine fiscal months.
On the other hand, it was known that the Public Administration debt closed 2023 at 1,574 trillion euros, which represents an increase of 4.8% compared to the previous year, but falls to 107.7% of GDP, 3.9 points less than the rate recorded in 2022.
Investors have not had the reference of the Chinese markets in recent days, since their stock exchanges have remained closed all week to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
In this way, at the end of this Friday’s session, Fluidra has led the increases in the selective (2.60%), ahead of Acerinox (1.83%), ArcelorMittal (1.65%), Rovi (1, 45%), Banco Sabadell (1.13%) and Grifols (0.81%).
On the opposite side were Solaria (-3.17%), Endesa (-2.83%), Acciona (-2.46%), Bankinter (-2.42%), Acciona Energía (-1.67% ) and Ferrovial (-1.67%).
This Friday’s session ended with the Ibex 35 as the ‘red lantern’ of Europe, with the rest of the main stock indices positive. London has advanced 1.50%; Paris, 0.32%; Frankfurt, 0.41%; and Milan, 0.12%.
At the close of the European trading session, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) stood at $78.45, up 0.54%, while Brent reached $83.21, up 0.42%.
In the debt market, the yield on the Spanish bond with a 10-year maturity stood at 3.302%, compared to 3.275% on Thursday. In this way, the risk premium against German debt fell 1.6 points, to 90 basis points.
The euro was trading without major changes against the dollar, standing at an exchange rate of 1.0769 ‘greenbacks’ for each unit of the community currency.
