MADRID, 20 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35 started this Wednesday's session with a rise of 0.20%, which has taken the index to 9,538.68 points, pending the results of the meeting of the United States Federal Reserve (Fed ), which will communicate its decision on interest rates after the market closes.

Investors will also be watching the monetary policy meetings of the Bank of England and the Swiss National Bank on Thursday, as well as the Bank of Japan on Friday, in the coming days.

In the macroeconomic field and before the opening of the market it was known that the interannual inflation rate of the United Kingdom stood at 6.7% in August, one tenth less than in July, which represents the lowest level of inflation in the country from February 2022.

At the start of the trading day, it was revealed that home sales in Spain registered a decrease of 10.5% in July compared to the same month last year, to a total of 48,303 operations, its lowest figure this month since 2020, in a context of higher interest rates to contain inflation.

In the early stages of this Wednesday's session, the biggest increases within the Ibex 35 were recorded by Colonial (1.36%), Merlin Properties (1.31%), IAG (1.08%) and Meliá Hotels (0 .66%).

On the other hand, the biggest decreases were recorded by Acerinox (-0.28%) and ArcelorMittal (-0.11%).

The main European stock markets opened this Wednesday with a mixed sign: Paris lost 0.17%, while London rose 0.33%; Frankfurt, 0.16%, and Milan, 0.05%.

At the opening of the stock market, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, fell 0.87%, to 93.52 dollars, while Texas stood at 89.72 dollars, a 0.84% ​​less.

In the foreign exchange market, the price of the euro against the dollar advanced to 1.0680 'greenbacks', while in the debt market the interest required on the 10-year Spanish bond climbed to 3.795%.