MADRID, 2 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35 has started the session this Thursday with a rise of 0.5%, which has led the selective to stand at 9,143 integers at 9:02 a.m., after the decision of the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) to raise interest rates 25 basis points and in a day marked again by business results, including Santander.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has warned that interest rates will likely be raised two more times this year to tame high inflation.

After the Fed, this Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England will meet. The market expects the ECB to bet on another 50 basis point hike.

In this way, after closing yesterday with an increase of 0.71%, the Madrid selective began the session above the psychological level of 9,100 points, in a day in which Santander is the protagonist after presenting its results, with a profit record of 9,605 million in 2022, 18% more.

In the early stages of the session, the biggest increases were recorded by Fluidra (3.43%), Grifols (2.42%), Solaria (2.4%), Santander (2.31%) and Meliá Hotels (2 06%), while on the opposite side were Mapfre (-1.68%), Repsol (-0.53%), Bankinter (-0.39%) and Acerinox (-0.23%).

The rest of the European stock markets opened with increases of 0.6% for Frankfurt and Paris and 0.4% for London.

Likewise, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, stood at a price of 83 dollars, with a rise of 0.4%, while Texas stood at 76 dollars, with a rise in 0.4%

Finally, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.1001 'greenbacks', while the Spanish risk premium stood at 101 basis points, with the interest required on the ten-year bond at 3.267%.