MADRID, 31 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35 maintained the 'bearish' tone with which it had started the day and fell 0.51% in the half session, which led it to stand at the edge of 9,002 integers, in the first of the two days of the meeting of the Federal Reserve (Fed) of the United States and in a day marked again by business results, including Unicaja Banco.

After the Fed, on Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England will meet to also announce their decisions on monetary policy. The market expects the Fed to approve a new rate hike, predictably 25 basis points, while the ECB is betting on another 50 basis point hike.

For its part, Unicaja Banco fell more than 9% after presenting earnings of 260 million euros in 2022, almost 89% more than in 2021. However, the Renta 4 analyst, Nuria Álvarez, highlights that the results of the In the fourth quarter they have been below market estimates, registering losses of one million euros and additional provisions of 50 million euros due to high inflation.

Behind the entity were Fluidra (-2.08%), ArcelorMittal (-1.94%), Grifols (-1.76%), IAG (-1.56%), Acerinox (-1, 48%), Inditex (-1.33%), Colonial (-0.97%) and Repsol (-0.96%). On the positive side of the table are Sabadell (2.46%), Acciona Energía (1.91%), Bankinter (1.54%), Meliá (1.33%), CaixaBank (0.97%) , Solaria (0.83%) and Santander (0.34%).

The rest of the European stock markets also traded with falls of 0.89% in London, 0.75% in Frankfurt, 0.68% in Paris and 0.19% in Milan.

Likewise, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, stood at a price of 83.77 dollars, with a decrease of 1.33%, while Texas stood at 76.70 dollars. , with a fall of 1.54%.

Finally, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0826 'greenbacks', while the Spanish risk premium stood at 99 basis points, with the interest required on the ten-year bond at 3.305%.