MADRID 27 Nov. () –
The Ibex 35 closed this Wednesday with a fall of 0.33%, reaching 11,579.5 points, in a day marked by the battery of macroeconomic data from the United States and the prominence of Grifols in the corporate level, while at the geopolitical level a ceasefire has been imposed between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia.
The main indicator of the Spanish market has fallen sharply in the morning, to the point of losing the level of 11,500 integers, although throughout the afternoon it has managed to intensely reduce the negative tone and has settled for losing barely in sight the height of 11,600 points.
The market thus continues to digest the possible impact of the tariffs announced by President-elect Donald Trump, which include 25% levies on Mexico and Canada and an increase of another 10% on China.
In this sense, it is worth noting that yesterday, after the closure of the European market, the minutes of the last meeting of the Federal Reserve (Fed) were published, which include possible cuts in interest rates if the data is correct.
Continuing with the North American country, this Wednesday it was known that the United States personal consumption expenditure price index, the statistic chosen by the Federal Reserve (Fed) to monitor inflation, rose two tenths in October, up to 2. 3% year-on-year.
The underlying variable, which excludes food and energy prices from its calculation due to their greater volatility, closed the tenth month of 2024 with an increase of 2.8%, one tenth more. For its part, the amount of groceries grew by 1% and the energy bill fell by 5.9%.
For its part, it has also been published that the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States experienced an increase of 0.7% in the third quarter compared to the previous three months, when the world’s largest economy also grew seven tenths.
At European level, he highlighted this Wednesday that the confidence of German consumers (GfK index) has worsened substantially for the month of December as a result of concerns regarding the weakness of the German economy and growing fears about the security of the employment in the face of recent announcements of layoffs by German companies, which has boosted the desire to save compared to household income and spending expectations.
In the Spanish business field, Applus will stop trading as of today once the operations of the public acquisition offer (OPA) formulated by Amber EquityCo – the instrumental vehicle of the ISQ and TDR funds – on the company have been settled.
This Wednesday it was also known that the Brookfield fund has abandoned its plans to launch a public acquisition offer (OPA) for Grifols due to disagreements over its valuation.
In this way, at the close of the session the losses of Grifols (-9.08%) stood out, followed by Mapfre (-2.58%, affected by the ‘ex-dividend’ period), BBVA (-1.7% ), Inditex (-1.56%), Unicaja (-1.48%), ACS (-1.36%), Repsol (-1.18%), Logista (-1.12%) and Banco Sabadell ( -1.04%).
Among the stocks that have advanced the most, Rovi (+2.07%), Merlin Properties (+1.47%), Solaria (+1.28%) and IAG (+1.12%) have been lavish.
Of the rest of the main European markets, only London has achieved a positive result, advancing 0.2%, while Frankfurt has lost 0.18%; Milan 0.23% and Paris 0.72%.
A barrel of Brent stood at $72.4 at the close of the session (-0.5%), while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell to $68.43, 0.49% less.
In the debt market, the yield on the Spanish bond maturing in 10 years closed at 2.893% after subtracting almost half a tenth, with the risk premium compared to the German bond at 73.5 points.
Regarding currencies, the euro appreciated 0.9% against the dollar, reaching an exchange rate of 1.0584 ‘greenbacks’ for each unit of the community currency.
For its part, bitcoin rose a notable 4.3%, to be quoted at around $96,000, while an ounce of troy gold rose by 0.35%, to $2,640.
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