MADRID, 12 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35 has started the session this Wednesday with a rise of 0.2%, up to 9,256 points, in a day in which investors will be awaiting the United States inflation data for the month of March, after having moderated in February at 6% year-on-year.

Markets will also keep an eye on the spring meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington; to the intervention of the vice president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Luis de Guindos, in a conference organized by the APD, and to the publication of the minutes of the last meeting of the United States Federal Reserve (Fed), held in the month of March.

Likewise, CaixaBank will pay 1,730 million euros in dividends today, of which 850 million will be distributed between the 'La Caixa' Foundation and the Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring (FROB), which owns practically half of the bank's capital.

In the early stages of this Wednesday's session, the biggest increases within the Madrid selective were recorded by Grifols (6.1%), CaixaBank (1.01%), Merlin Properties (0.76%), Cellnex Telecom (0 .69%) and BBVA (0.66%).

Among the values ​​that have dawned negative are Unicaja (-3.28%), Indra (-0.24%), Logista (-0.22%) and Amadeus (-0.21%).

The main European stock markets opened this Wednesday with gains of 0.14% for Frankfurt, 0.1% for Paris and Milan, and 0.04% for London.

At the opening of the stock market, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, rose 0.19%, to $85.77, while Texas stood at $81.64, a 0.13% more.

In the currency market, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0929 'green bills', while the Spanish risk premium was around 104.2 basis points, with the interest required on the 10-year bond at 3.351%.