MADRID Jan. 14 () –
At midday this Tuesday, the Ibex 35 stabilized its advances at 0.7% in a day devoid of major macroeconomic references and in which banking securities maintained the good tone recorded at the start of the week.
The main indicator of the Spanish market thus managed, provisionally, to stop the downward bleeding of the last two sessions in which the index has moved away strongly from the symbolic level of 12,000 integers.
Within the macroeconomic agenda, this Tuesday afternoon the United States production price indicator in December will barely transcend, along with statements from members of central banks, such as the chief economist of the European Central Bank (ECB), Philip Lane.
At the national level, the Public Treasury has placed 2,540.06 million euros this Tuesday in a bill auction, in the expected mid-range, and has done so by cutting the profitability offered to investors by the three-month reference, but raising the nine-month interest, according to data published by the agency dependent on the Ministry of Economy.
In the business field, Almirall has indicated at the JPMorgan HealthCare 2025 Conference that it foresees sustained double-digit growth – compound annual growth rate (CARG) of net sales 2023-2030 – and a “substantial” expansion of margins to starting this year.
Given this situation, in the middle section of trading this Tuesday, the biggest increases within the Ibex 35 were recorded by Merlin Properties, which rose 3.03%, followed by Santander (+2.18%), Colonial (+ 1.58%), BBVA (+1.32%) and Indra (+1.3%).
At the opposite extreme, Sacyr stood out, which fell 2% – impacted by the ‘ex-dividend’ effect -, Repsol (-1.72%), Solaria (-1.69%) and Ferrovial (-1% ).
The main European stock markets also opted for the positive sign at midday: London added 0.15%; Frankfurt 0.82%; Milan 1.06% and Paris 1.15%.
Continuing with the international stock market section, the Japanese stock market has returned to activity after being closed yesterday for the Respect for the Elderly Day holiday, while it has fallen 1.83% with the market now more convinced that the Bank Japan will raise rates next week, as Banca March experts have pointed out.
At noon, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, stood at 80.43 dollars, 0.73% less, while Texas fell 0.72%, to 78.25 dollars.
In the currency market, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.026 ‘greenbacks’, while in the debt market, the interest required on the 10-year bond moderated slightly to 3.298%, with the risk premium with respect to the German bond at 67.5 points.
For its part, the troy ounce of gold rose by 0.1%, to $2,666, while bitcoin rose by 2.4% and was trading at $96,500.
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