MADRID, 4 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35 has started the session this Friday with a rise of 0.27%, which has taken the selective to 9,332.18 points, pending the publication of the United States employment report.

After closing yesterday with a fall of 0.23%, chaining five sessions down, its worst streak since the start of December 2022, the Madrid selective recovered the level of 9,300 with investors still awaiting business results, the vast majority of them from companies listed on the continuous market.

In the early stages of this session, the biggest increases within the Ibex 35 were recorded by Meliá Hotels (1.28%), IAG (0.94%), Banco Sabadell (0.87%) and Grifols (0.86% ), while on the opposite side the most pronounced decreases were registered by Indra (-3.07%), Cellnex Telecom (-0.94%), Merlin Properties (-0.65%) and Colonial (-0.64 %).

Specifically, Indra informed the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) first thing in the morning that it has reached an agreement with Bain Capital Private Equity for the entry into the share capital of the Basque aircraft engine company ITP Aero through the acquisition of an indirect participation of 9.5% for an amount of 175 million euros, which will be executed in the coming weeks.

The main European stock markets opened this Friday with a mixed sign: London and Frankfurt lost 0.18% and 0.07%, respectively, while the Milan stock market woke up flat and that of Paris rose 0.16%.

At the opening of the stock market, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, increased by 0.13%, to 85.25 dollars, while Texas stood at 81.73 dollars, a 0.22% less.

In the currency market, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0949 'green bills', while the Spanish risk premium was around 106.3 basis points, with the interest required on the 10-year bond at 3.658%.