The Ibex 35 started this Thursday’s session with a decline of 0.10%, which took the index to 9,415 points on the day marked by the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB).
The European monetary authority is debating whether to halt interest rate hikes. After nine consecutive increases, or continue with the monetary tightening strategy, which in this case could be around a quarter point.
Investors will also pay attention to the development of oil prices and retail sales this Thursday, as well as new claims for unemployment benefits in the United States, which will experience its biggest stock market listing in two years this Thursday. Arm, a company owned by Japanese holding company Softbank and valued at over $50 billion.
The market was also shaken early this Thursday when Amber, a company formed by ISQ and TDR funds, announced that it had launched a takeover offer for Applus at a price of 9.75 euros per share. above the offered 9.50 euros by Apollo. The announcement sent Applus shares up almost 5% to 9.9 euros per share; this was above the price offered by both Amber and Apollo.
In the Ibex 35, opening promotions were recorded only by Indra (+0.36%) and Merlin (+0.30%), while Aena (-2.66%) and IAG (-1.1%) stood out on the bearish side. and Bankinter (-0.43%).
Decision awaitedl ECB on interest ratesEuropean stock markets woke up negative today, except for London, which gained 0.1%. Milan fell 0.3% and Paris and Frankfurt lost almost a tenth.
At the stock market opening, the barrel price of Brent quality oil, which is the reference for the Old Continent, increased by 0.6 percent to $92.45, while Texas increased by 0.6 percent to $89.08.
While the price of the euro against the dollar increased to 1.0741 ‘dollar’ in the foreign exchange market, the interest rate on the 10-year Spanish bond decreased to 3.707% in the debt market.