MADRID, 19 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35 relaxed its dynamism towards the mid-session, registering a price of 9,466.2 points, 0.11% more than on Tuesday and below the 0.37% rise observed in the early stages of the session stock.

In the macroeconomic sphere, this Wednesday it was revealed that inflation in the United Kingdom reached 7.9% in June, the lowest figure since March 2022. For its part, prices in the euro zone as a whole fell six tenths in the sixth month of the year, up to 5.5%, the lowest data since January 2022.

For its part, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has lowered to 1.9%, from the previous 2.6%, its forecast for growth in global electricity demand for 2023.

In this context, the majority of banks experienced a negative evolution around 12:00 noon. The worst performer of the entire selective was BBVA (-1.23%), ahead of ArcelorMittal (-1.17%), CaixaBank (-0.88%), Banco Santander (-0.70%), Banco Sabadell (-0.66%) and Bankinter (-0.65%). Only Unicaja Banco escaped this trend, advancing 0.15%.

The index was led by Colonial (5.40%), ahead of Rovi (4.25%), Grifols (3.61%), Solaria (3.38%) and Merlin (2.53%).

The rest of the large European markets also observed a positive evolution towards the mid-session: Frankfurt advanced 0.13%; Paris, 0.54%; Milan, 0.07%, and London, 1.41%.

In the raw materials market, a barrel of Brent stood at 80.01 dollars, 0.48% more, while the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) stood at 75.95 dollars, 0.26 % further.

The yield of the Spanish bond with a maturity of 10 years in the secondary debt markets stood at 3.362%, from 3.391% registered at the close of Tuesday. Thus, the risk premium has fallen to 99.7 basis points, from 100.2 on Tuesday.

The euro depreciated a slight 0.07% against the dollar over the mid-session, reaching an exchange rate in the markets of 1.1221 dollars for each euro.