The Ibex 35 opened Wednesday’s session with a rise of 0.44%, which led the Madrid selective to 11,252.3 points at 9:00 a.m., on a day in which investors remain awaiting data on inflation in the United States and on Inditex shares, which rose more than 3% at the opening after the presentation of its half-year results.
In addition, Inditex shot him net profit 10.1% in its first fiscal semester of the 2024-2025 academic year (between February 1 and July 31) compared to the same period of the previous year, to 2,768 million euros, as reported by the textile company this Wednesday in National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). Thus, the company chaired by Marthe Ortega has once again achieved a new record in results, although with more moderate growth than it was used to.
In the macroeconomic framework, a new meeting of the Eurogroup will be held one day before the meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB), which will communicate its decision on interest rates and will mark the debut of José Luis Escriva as governor of the Bank of Spain.
For its part, Banco Santander has informed the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) that it expects to obtain a gross income of 2.463 million zlotys (around 575 million euros) with the sale of 5.2% of its Polish subsidiary, Santander Bank Polska.
Bouquetin 35 companies
The biggest increases in the Ibex 35 were: Inditex
- Hint : +4%
- Santander Bank: +0.98%
- Unicaja Bank: +0.96%
For its part, the biggest declines of the Ibex 35 were:
- Naturgy: -0.52%
- Fluidra: -0.37%
- Amedee: -0.29%
International markets
THE major European stock exchanges They were located as follows:
- Paris: +0.28%
- London: +0.18%
- Frankfurt: +0.37%
- Milan: +0.06%
At the opening of the Stock Exchange, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, the benchmark for the Old Continent, stood at 70.02 dollars, or 1.20% more, while Texas rose by 1.23% to 66.56 dollars.
On the foreign exchange market, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.1042 “greenbacks”, while on the debt market, the interest rate demanded on 10-year bonds stood at 2.934%.
