The Ibex 35 yields 1.3% in the half session and falls below 9,200 integers

28 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –

The Ibex 35 traded in the mid-session with a fall of 1.34%, which brought it to stand at 9,189.9 integers, on a day marked by the presentation of business results, including Unicaja Banco and Mapfre, and the publication of macroeconomic data.

In Spain, it has been known that the economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter of the year, one tenth more than in the previous quarter. In year-on-year terms, GDP stepped on the accelerator even more and raised its growth by nine tenths, from 2.9% to 3.8%. The CPI, for its part, rose 0.6% in April and raised its interannual rate to 4.1%.

In Europe, the GDP of the euro zone grew by 0.1% in the first quarter of 2023, the first with twenty members of the single currency, after the stagnation registered in the previous three months.

At the business level, Mapfre has announced a profit of 128 million euros in the first quarter, 17% less due to the impact of the earthquake in Turkey and the difficulties in the automobile business, while Unicaja Banco has reported profits of 34 million euros, 43.2% less, after paying 63.8 million euros for the temporary tax on banks.

Precisely, Unicaja Banco was the ‘red lantern’ in the half session, with a fall of 9.06%, followed by Sabadell (-6.97%), CaixaBank (-4.31%), Bankinter (-3.80 %), Santander (-3.80%), BBVA (-2.99%) and Mapfre (-2.82%).

On the increase side, only Acerinox (+1.87%), Grifols (+1.55%), Fluidra (+0.99%), Cellnex (+0.77%), Merlin Properties (+ 0.44%), Aena (+0.40%) and Colonial (+0.35%).

The rest of the European stock markets also traded with falls, of 1.28% in Milan, 0.65% in Paris, 0.28% in Frankfurt and 0.20% in London.

Likewise, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, stood at a price of 78.71 dollars, with a rise of 0.43%, while Texas stood at 74.83 dollars. , with a rise of 0.09%.

Finally, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0984 ‘greenbacks’, while the Spanish risk premium stood at 105 basis points, with the interest required on the ten-year bond at 3.423%.