MADRID, 27 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Ibex 35 index of the Madrid Stock Exchange remained slightly above 8,900 points, after registering an increase of 0.19% in the middle session this Friday.

The selective thus traded at annual highs and was heading to sign its sixth consecutive day in ‘green’, in which the underlying private consumption deflator for April in the US will be known.

In Spain, it has been published that retail trade registered an increase in sales of 3.3% in April compared to the same month in 2021, a rate 8.8 points higher than that of the previous month.

In this scenario, the Ibex 35 was trading at 8,906 integers at twelve noon, with Acerinox (4.63%), Fluidra (3.76%), Inditex (1.99%), Arcelormittal (1.78%) , Cellnex (1.75%) and PharmaMar (1.7%) at the head of the increases.

On the contrary, Mapfre (-3.91%), Naturgy (-1.99%), Acciona (-1.48%), Red Eléctrica (-1.42%), Enagás ( -1.13%) and Endesa (-1.05%).

The rest of the main European stock markets also posted increases in the mid-session, 0.12% in London, 0.91% in Paris, 0.74% in Frankfurt and 0.02% in Milan.

The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil, a reference for Europe, stood at 117.85 dollars, with an advance of 0.38%, while a barrel of WTI oil, a reference for the US, rose 0. 04%, to $114.13.

Finally, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0712 ‘greenbacks’, while the Spanish risk premium stood at 107 basis points, with the interest required on the ten-year bond at 2.026%.