MADRID, 12 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -
The Ibex 35 closed this Tuesday's session with an increase of 0.61%, which is why it stood at 10,388.9 points and remains at its highest level since February 2018.
The selective has risen even more towards the end of the session despite the fact that the inflation data from the United States has been worse than the market expected. The country's consumer price index (CPI) stood at 3.2% year-on-year in the month of February, which implies an acceleration of one tenth compared to the January figure.
In monthly rates, the general variable of the price index advanced four tenths from three tenths in January.
In the macroeconomic field, the Public Treasury has placed 1,991.61 million euros in three- and nine-month bills this Tuesday, in the middle band of its objectives, and has done so by offering a lower profitability in the 3-month reference and highest in nine months, according to data from the Bank of Spain.
For its part, it has been confirmed that Germany's inflation in February moderated to 2.5% year-on-year, while the United Kingdom's unemployment rate in January rose one tenth, to 3.9%.
In this context, ArcelorMittal has risen 3.16% at the close of the session, leading the index. They were followed by BBVA (2.61%), Amadeus (2.61%), Meliá (1.92%), Banco Sabadell (1.86%), Banco Santander (1.86%) and Unicaja Banco (1. 76%).
On the opposite side were Solaria (-10.83%), Grifols (-3.96%), Naturgy (-3.05%), Endesa (-2.95%), Rovi (-2.80%) and Acciona Energía (-2.49%).
The upward trend has been general in the rest of the large European markets. London closed with an increase of 1.03%; Paris, 0.84%; Frankfurt, 1.23%; and Milan, 1.31%.
The barrel of Brent experienced an increase of 0.39%, to $82.52 at the close of the European trading session, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) stood at $78.33, 0.51% higher. .
In the debt market, the yield on the Spanish 10-year bond has reached 3.140%, from 3.130% on Monday. In this way, the risk premium against German debt has fallen by 1.5 points, to 81.2 basis points.
In the foreign exchange market, the euro fell 0.1% against the dollar, reaching an exchange rate of 1.0917 'greenbacks' for each unit of the community currency.
