MADRID, 19 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ibex 35 closed this Tuesday’s session at 10,106.7 points, which represents an increase of 0.52% compared to Monday’s close, in a day marked above all because the definitive inflation data for the November eurozone.
Specifically, the euro zone’s annual inflation rate moderated in November to 2.4%, half a percentage point below the previous month’s figure and its lowest reading since July 2021, as confirmed this Tuesday by the community office. statistics, Eurostat. Furthermore, the core inflation rate moderated to 3.6% from 4.2% previously.
Among the references, they also highlight that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has decided to keep its extremely accommodative monetary policy unchanged at its last meeting in 2023, in which it has not offered clues about future increases in interest rates or the withdrawal of some of its measures.
On the other hand, the Bank of Spain has raised its growth forecast for the Spanish economy for 2023 from 2.3% to 2.4%, but has cut its estimates for 2024 from 1.8% to 1.6% and has lowered 2025 projections from 2% to 1.9%.
Regarding the evolution of prices, the Bank of Spain estimates that general inflation will be 3.4% on average in 2023 and will reduce to 3.3%, 2% and 1.9% in 2024, 2025 and 2026, respectively.
In this context, Grifols has been the main bullish value of the day (3.97%), after learning that Víctor Grifols Roura resigns from his position as a member of the company’s board of directors after almost four decades of service. They are followed by Fluidra (1.43%), Inditex (1.38%), Indra (1.29%), Merlin (1.27%), and Acerinox (1.24%).
On the opposite side, the stocks with the worst performance have been Redeia (-1.18%), Naturgy (-0.81%), Telefónica (-0.75%), Enagás (-0.48%) and CaixaBank (- 0.43%).
Positive developments have been common in the markets this Tuesday. London has advanced 0.31%; Paris, 0.08%; Frankfurt, 0.56%; and Milan, 0.41%.
For its part, a barrel of Brent advanced 1.95%, to $79.48, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) stood at $73.98, up 2.08%.
In the debt market, the yield on the Spanish bond with a 10-year maturity stood at 2.960% at the close of the session, compared to the 3.055% recorded the previous day. In this way, the risk premium against German debt fell by 3.2 points, to 94.4 basis points.
In the foreign exchange market, the euro appreciated 0.50% against the dollar, reaching 1.0978 ‘greenbacks’ for each unit of the community currency.
