Ibex 35 started its session Wednesday up 0.33%It increased the pick to 10,072.5 points until the results of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting, which will announce its decision on interest rates after the market closes, and the publication of business results.
In fact, Banco Santander reported to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) before the market opens Broke the profit record for the second year in a row Net attributable in 2023 €11,076 million, which represents an increase of 15.3% compared to last year.
Abertis’ extraordinary general meeting approved the appointment of Miquel Roca Junyent, one of the seven ‘fathers’ of the current Spanish Constitution, and Nuria Haltiwanger, CEO of concessionaire Iridium, as the company’s new directors. Offer from ACS, Abertis’ 50% controlling shareholder.
At the European macroeconomic level this Wednesday Consumer Price Index will be published (CPI) Unemployment rate in Germany, inflation in France and Portugal, retail sales in Spain and industrial sales in Italy.
The biggest gains on the Ibex 35 in the early stages of Wednesday’s session were Banco Santander (+2.92%), ArcelorMittal (+1.08%), Repsol (+1.06%), ACS (+0.99%) and Cellnex Saved by (+0.99%). +0.97%, at the other extreme are Inditex (-1.25%), Acciona Energía (-0.34%), Amadeus (-0.34%), Acerinox (-0.20%) and Iberdrola (-% 0.14) was included.
European stock markets woke up to mixed trends; Frankfurt and London remained flat, while Paris and Milan rose 0.2% and 0.12% respectively.
At the stock market opening, the barrel price of Brent quality oil, which is the reference for the Old Continent, decreased by 0.44 percent to 82.14 dollars, and Texas oil dropped by 0.41 percent to 77.50 dollars.
While the price of the euro against the dollar in the foreign exchange market increased to 1.0819 ‘dollar’, in the debt market the interest of the 10-year Spanish bond rose to 3.140%.