The Ibex softens its fall towards the half session and recovers 9,300 points

17 Feb. () –

The Ibex 35 has softened towards the middle of the session the fall it registered at the opening, for which reason it has stood at 9,300.6 points, which represents a decrease of 0.28%, compared to the fall of 0.66% that he has come to observe in the first minutes of the session.

Among the winners of the session was Bankinter, with 1.88%, while Acciona Energías Renovables advanced 1.23%; Acerinox, 0.95%; Unicaja Banco, 0.94%; and Acciona, 0.82%.

On the side of the values ​​that traded in red around 12:00 hours, Ferrovial’s decrease of 3.19% stands out, ahead of Grifols (-3.09%), Repsol (-1.59%), Rovi (-1, 58%) and ArcelorMittal (-1.28%).

The rest of the European stock markets have also observed a negative evolution this Friday: Frankfurt fell 0.92%, while Paris fell 0.94% and Milan, 0.53%. In this way, the Euro Stoxx 50 index registered a fall of 0.94%, while the FTSE 100 of the United Kingdom contracted 0.20%.

In the raw materials market, the barrel of Brent has fallen by 2.47%, to 83.05 dollars, while the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) has stood at 76.43 dollars, 2.62% less . At the same time, European natural gas futures, which are traded on the TTF platform, have fallen below 50 euros per megawatt hour (MWh), which is the lowest price level in more than a year.

In the debt market, the yield on the 10-year Spanish bond has climbed to 3.506%, after closing on Thursday at 3.441%. Thus, the risk premium has risen by eight tenths, to 97.1 basis points.

On its side, the euro has continued to lose strength against the dollar, falling by 0.38% and standing at 1.0634 dollars for each euro.