The Ibex 35 rises 0.72% in the penultimate session of the year and reaches 8,300 integers

Dec. 29 () –

The Ibex 35 has appreciated by 0.72% on the penultimate trading day of the year and has closed above 8,300 integers, in a week marked by the low volume of trading and the absence of macro data, to which add the explosion of Covid-19 infections in China.

Despite this worse context, the Ibex 35 has experienced a comeback throughout the day, driven in the last moments by Wall Street, which at the close in Spain registered increases of over 1% in its main selective.

It should be noted that in the United States the data for weekly unemployment claims has been released, which has increased slightly to 225,000, compared to the 216,000 claims registered the previous week.

The rest of the European indexes have also ended with a positive sign, with increases of 0.21% in London, 0.97% in Paris, 1.05% in Frankfurt and 1.20% in Milan.

In this context, the Ibex 35 stood at 8,318.3 points, led by Grifols, with an increase of 2.77%, followed by Rovi (+2.30%), Solaria (+1.91% ), Telefónica (+1.71%), Cellnex (+1.71%), Endesa (+1.48%), Fluidra (+1.40%) and Acciona Energía (+1.40%).

On the other hand, only Unicaja Banco (-0.28%), Meliá (-0.17%), Mapfre (-0.16%), Ferrovial (-0.12%), Logista (-0 0.08%) and IAG (-0.04%).

The barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, was at a price of 82.20 dollars at mid-session, with a decrease of 1.27%, while Texas stood at 78.11 dollars, with a fall of 1.10%.

Finally, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0667 ‘greenbacks’, while the Spanish risk premium stood at 106 basis points, with the interest required on the ten-year bond at 3.504%.