MADRID, 15 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35 traded in the mid-session with a fall of 0.44%, which brought it to stand at 8,324.0 points, on a day marked by the last meeting of the year of the European Central Bank (ECB), in the that a new rise in interest rates is expected, just one day after the meeting of the Federal Reserve (Fed) of the United States.

Specifically, the Fed decided yesterday to unanimously approve a rise in the country's interest rates of 50 basis points, until placing them in a target range of between 4.25% and 4.5%.

This represents the highest price of money registered by the country since December 2007, a few months before the crisis broke out that year with the bankruptcies of Bear Sterns and Lehman Brothers. With yesterday's increase, the Fed has raised rates seven times out of eight times it has met during 2022.

In addition, the US monetary authority once again predicted that it will be "appropriate" to undertake new interest rate hikes in upcoming meetings.

After this outcome, Wall Street closed in 'green', with increases of 0.3% for the Dow Jones, 0.73% for the S

Returning to the Ibex 35, the biggest falls were recorded by BBVA (-1.81%), Acciona (-1.36%), Cellnex (-1.34%), CaixaBank (-1.31%), ArcelorMittal (- 1.08%) and Banco Santander (-0.90%). On the other hand, the largest increases were recorded by IAG (1.21%), Enagás (1.15%), Indra (0.78%), Meliá (0.69%), ACS (0.56%) and Acerinox (0.53%).

Likewise, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, stood at a price of 82.94 dollars, with a rise of 0.29%, while Texas stood at 77.47 dollars. , with an increase of 0.25%.

Finally, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0612 'greenbacks', while the Spanish risk premium stood at 103 basis points, with the interest required on the ten-year bond at 2.968%.