Dec. 27 () –
The Ibex 35 has closed practically flat with respect to last Friday, with a slight advance of 0.01%, for which reason it has remained at 8,270.1 integers, after trading above 8,300 integers during part of the day.
Today’s session, with few macroeconomic references, was marked by China’s announcement to reopen its borders as of January 8 and eliminate the need for quarantine in a new step in easing the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. coronavirus.
The Renta 4 analysts also highlight the statements made by the governor of the Bank of Japan last Sunday, in which he pointed out that the institution’s decision last week to make the interest rate curve control objective more flexible was “more a movement to boost the effect of its ultra-expansionary monetary policy than a first step to gradually withdraw the current policy”.
In Spain, the Council of Ministers has approved the third aid package to alleviate the economic and social consequences of the war in Ukraine, which will come into effect this coming Sunday, January 1, and will have an impact of 10,000 million euros. The decree includes novelties such as freezing the rental price for six months when contracts have to be renewed or a 200-euro check for families with incomes of less than 27,000 euros per year and with assets of no more than 75,000 euros.
Likewise, the Government has eliminated the general fuel bonus for the year 2023 and has decided to keep it only for the group of professionals, which includes carriers, farmers, shipping companies and fishermen, so the discount of 20 cents will disappear on the 1st of January for private customers.
In this context, Repsol has led the increases, with an increase of 1.55%, followed by Acerinox (+0.84%), Santander (+0.72%), Inditex (+0.68%) and Meliá ( +0.60%).
On the other hand, the greatest falls were recorded by Grifols (-2.34%), Red Eléctrica (-1.14%), Enagás (-1.13%), Amadeus (-0.95%), Solaria (-0.84%), Acciona Energía (-0.77%) and Bankinter (-0.70%).
Unicaja Banco, which has replaced Siemens Gamesa on the Ibex 35, ended its first day on the index with a fall of 0.10%, despite having been one of the most bullish values in the early stages of the session.
The rest of the European stock markets have closed with advances of 0.05% in London, 0.70% in Paris and 0.39% in Frankfurt, except for Milan, which has fallen by 0.09%.
Likewise, a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, stood at a price of 85.41 dollars, with a rise of 1.78%, while Texas stood at 80.89 dollars, with an increase of 1.67%.
Finally, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0656 ‘greenbacks’, while the Spanish risk premium stood at 107 basis points, with the interest required on the ten-year bond at 3.556%.
