MADRID, 10 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35 advanced 1% in the mid-session, to stand at 9,450 points, a level that it lost on Wednesday of last week -due to the downgrade of the US rating- and while waiting to know the US inflation for July , key on which investors will pivot due to its importance in the face of the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve (Fed).

The Spanish index opened with strong advances and at noon they remained stabilized around 1% with almost all their values ​​in the green, while the banking sub-sector index rose 1.5% in the mid-session and thus maintained its recovery for the second consecutive day after having fallen sharply on Tuesday due to the Italian government's announcement of a tax on windfall profits from banks in that country.

In Europe's 'macro' agenda, Italian inflation in July was revised downward by one tenth, to 5.9%, for which reason it fell five tenths in the interannual rate; tomorrow it will be the turn of France and Spain.

In the middle tranche of the negotiation, the largest increases within the Ibex 35 were recorded by Solaria Energía (2.95%), Banco Santander (1.85%), Grifols (1.81%), BBVA (1.62% ), Acciona (1.48%), Repsol (1.25%) and Telefónica (1.23%), while on the other side the only 'red lantern' was Indra (-0.07%).

The main European stock markets also traded with increases in half the price: London rose 0.01%; Frankfurt 0.4%; Milan 0.8% and Paris 0.9%.

At the same time, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, fell by 0.14%, to 87.43 dollars (although it has reached 88.1 early in the morning). dollars, maximum since the beginning of November 2022), while Texas stood at 84.21 dollars, 0.23% less.

In the foreign exchange market, the value of the euro appreciated 0.43% against the 'green ticket', to 1.1022 dollars, while the interest on the long-term Spanish debt stood at 3.545% after adding two basic points and with the risk premium (the differential with the German bond) at 102 points.