The Ibex 35 opened the session this Friday, September 20, with a fall of 0.22%which allowed the selective to be located at 11,751.6 points at 9:00 a.m., a day when the third quadruple hour of witchcraft of the year, a phenomenon which generally causes strong volatility on the markets.
However, the main indicator of the Spanish market, which remained at its highs of April 2015, turned around at 9:10, reaching almost the psychological level of 11,800 integers (+0.16%).
Concretely, options and futures contracts on indices and shares expire this Friday both in Europe and in the United States, in a context marked by the decisions of the American Federal Reserve (Fed) and the European Central Bank (ECB) to lower interest ratesrespectively.
In the Spanish business sector, three investment funds – Flat Footed, Mason Capital Management and Sachem Head Capital Management – have applied to join the board of directors of Grifols in the midst of a public purchase offer (OPA) from the Brookfield Asset Management fund and the founding family of the Catalan company.
In addition, OHLA has reached an agreement with its bondholders to delay the payment of the cash coupon until September 15, providing that its payment will be deferred until October 4, 2024.
For its part, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales has issued a resolution annulling the interim measures requested by the energy company NextEra in the companies of Aene at Luton Airport after an agreement was reached between the parties involved in the dispute, which stems from the convictions against Spain for the reduction of renewable premiums.
Bouquetin 35 companies
The biggest increases in the Ibex 35 were:
- Cellnex: +0.42%
- Railway: +0.37%
- Grifols: +0.25%
The biggest declines in the Ibex 35 were:
- Mapfre: -1.25%
- IAG: -1.09%
- Activate energy: -0.85%
International markets
The main European stock markets were positioned as follows:
Paris: -0.17%
London: -0.54%
Frankfurt: -0.54%
Milan: -0.23%
At the opening of the stock market, the price of barrel of oil The quality of Brent, the benchmark of the Old Continent, stood at 74.79 dollars, down 0.12%, while that of Texas fell 0.1% to 71.09 dollars.
On the market of exchangeThe price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.1173 green billswhile in the debt market, interest rates on 10-year bonds have climbed to 2.983%.
