March 30 () –
The Ibex 35 has closed with a rise of 1.50% and has been placed at 9,207.1 points, in such a way that it has already recovered a large part of the ground lost due to the crisis of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Credit Suisse, which led it to fall to 8,500 integers on March 20. Before the collapse of these entities, the Madrid selective traded at the level of 9,300 integers.
Investors’ attention was focused this Thursday on the inflation data for Spain, since the CPI stood at 3.3% in the interannual rate in March, 2.5 points less than the previous month. However, the core remained at 7.5%, just one tenth less.
The inflation data in Germany has also been released, which stood at 7.4% in March, according to the preliminary estimate of the country’s statistical office, which represents the lowest year-on-year rise in prices since April of the year. past, after the rise of 8.7% observed in the months of February and January 2023.
A new estimate of the US GDP for the fourth quarter of 2022 was also published today, when it stood at 0.6%, compared to the previous estimate that placed GDP growth at 0.7%. In the year as a whole, the US economy grew by 2.1%.
In this context, Solaria has led the increases, with an increase of 5.80%, followed by Meliá (+5.66%), Fluidra (+3.68%), Colonial (+3.43%), IAG ( +3.41%), Amadeus (+2.95%), Grifols (+2.88%) and Merlin (+2.75%). On the other hand, only Rovi (-0.87%), Repsol (-0.14%) and Ferrovial (-0.07%) have closed negatively.
Compared to the rest of the European markets, the German DAX has advanced by 1.26%, while the French CAC 40 has done so by 1.06% and the Italian FTSE MIB, by 0.105%. In this way, the Euro Stoxx 50 has risen by 1.28%, while the British FTSE 100 has appreciated by 0.74%.
The barrel of Brent experienced an increase of 1.00%, standing at 79.06 dollars, while West Texas Intermediate reached 74.16 dollars, 1.64% more.
The yield of the Spanish bond in the secondary debt markets reached 3.399% at the end of the session, which represents a decrease compared to 3.345% at the close of Wednesday, while the risk premium stood at 101 basis points.
In the foreign exchange market, the euro appreciated 0.50% against the dollar, so that it reached a market exchange rate of 1.0898 dollars for each euro.