MADRID, 26 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35 has closed today's session in positive, with an advance of 0.97%, despite having traded in 'red' at some times of the day, in a session marked by the presentation of results from Banco Santander.

In this way, the Spanish selective chained its third positive session and stood at 7,870.6 points at the close, which is its highest level since September 22.

Santander has led the selective falls, with a decline of 3.27%, despite having presented a profit of 7,316 million until September, 25% more. Behind were Rovi (-1.18%), Indra (-0.40%), Banco Sabadell (-0.23%), BBVA (-0.17%), Red Eléctrica (-0.06% ) and Merlin Properties (-0.06%).

On the other hand, the biggest increases have been recorded by Grifols (3.85%), Acerinox (3.15%), Iberdrola (2.77%), Aena (2.75%), IAG (2.71% ), Acciona Energy (2.53%) and Sacyr (2.46%).

This Wednesday Iberdrola has also presented results, which has shot up its profits by 29%, to 3,104 million, and Redeia (former Red Eléctrica Group) that obtained a net profit of 551.45 million euros in the first nine months of the year, practically in line with the same period of the previous year.

In the United States, the results of Alphabet (Google's parent company) should be highlighted, which obtained a net profit of 13,910 million dollars (14,031 million euros) in the third quarter of 2022. This figure represents a decrease of 26.5% in comparison with the company's results in the same period of the previous year.

However, the key date will be tomorrow, when the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) meets again, an event where investors expect a new rate hike of 75 basis points for the eurozone, in line with the attack in September.

In this context, the rest of the European stock markets have also closed in 'green', with an advance of 0.61% in London, 0.41% in Paris, 1.09% in Frankfurt and 0.45% in Milan.

Likewise, the barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, stood at a price of 95.77 dollars this Wednesday, with a rise of 2.41%, while the Texas stood at 88.01 dollars , with a rise of 3.15%.

The euro recovered parity with the dollar in the face of the imminent rise in ECB rates and stood at 1.0068 'greenbacks' in the middle of the session, while the Spanish risk premium stood at 108 basis points, with the required interest to the ten-year bond at 3.210%.