The Ibex 35 opened the session this Friday, September 13, the last of the week, with an increase of 0.26%which led the Madrid selection to be at 11,429.5 points at 9:00 a.m., a day marked by the decision of the European Central Bank (ECB) to lower interest rates by 25 basis points.
Thus, the main indicator of the Spanish market remained at the annual highs recorded on June 7, when it reached 11,469.9 points.
However, the body chaired by Christine Lagarde, which set the deposit rate (RFDfor its acronym in English) at 3.50%, will not lower rates any further until December.
In the Spanish business field, CaixaBank has executed 26.69% of its share buybacks in the seven weeks since the start of this program on July 31, the total amount of which amounts to 500 million euros, as reported this Friday by the entity to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV).
On the other hand, Juan Carlos García Cañizares presented his resignation as a member of the board of directors of Colonialwith effect from Wednesday, September 11.
Bouquetin 35 companies
The biggest increases in the Ibex 35 were:
- Colonial: +2.41%
- Iberdrola: +1.17%
- Repsol: +0.51%
For its part, the biggest declines of the Ibex 35 were:
- Interbank: -0.55%
- Santander: -0.31%
- CaixaBanque: -0.29%
International markets
The main European stock markets were positioned as follows:
- Paris: +0.29%
- London: +0.17%
- Frankfurt: +0.34%
- Milan: +0.16%
At the opening of the stock market, the price of barrel of oil The Brent crude, the benchmark on the Old Continent, stood at 72.42 dollars, or 0.63% more, while Texas increased by 0.68%, to 69.44 dollars.
On the market of exchangeThe price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.1077 green billswhile in the debt market, interest rates on 10-year bonds have climbed to 2.929%.
