MADRID, 6 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35 lost some strength in the mid-session compared to the opening, since it stood at 9,478.8 points at 12:00 noon, which represents an increase of 0.15% compared to Friday's close, compared to the rise of the 0.30% that had been observed after the bell tolled.

Investors will be awaiting new macroeconomic data this week and the appearance tomorrow and Wednesday of the chairman of the United States Federal Reserve (Fed), Jerome Powell, before both houses of the United States Congress. Inflation data from China or Germany and unemployment from the United States will also be released.

The value that rose the most in the half session was Meliá (2.23%), followed by Telefónica (1.69%), Merlin (1.30%), Banco Sabadell (1.01%), Unicaja Banco (1% ) and Aena (0.84%).

On the contrary, the value that fell the most was Grifols (-3.21%), ahead of Solaria (-2.25%), Acciona Energías Renovables (-1.66%), Indra (-1.37%) , ArcelorMittal (-1.17%) and Acerinox (-0.97%).

Compared to the rest of the European markets, the German DAX rose 0.26%, while the French CAC 40 rose 0.41% and the Italian FTSE MIB rose 0.38%. In this way, the Euro Stoxx 50 rose 0.36% while the British FTSE 100 experienced a decrease of 0.30%.

The barrel of Brent stood at 84.44 dollars, 1.62% less, while the West Texas Intermediate fell in the same proportion, until consolidating at 78.38 dollars.

The yield of the Spanish bond with a maturity of 10 years in the secondary debt markets reached 3.576% in the middle session, below the 3.661% at the end of Friday. Thus, the risk premium against its German counterpart was 93.5 basis points, 1.1 points below Friday.

In the foreign exchange market, the euro has registered a flat growth against the dollar, so that the community currency was exchanged for 1.0632 'green notes'.