MADRID, 2 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35, the selective index for Spanish markets, has registered a price of 8,340 points (1.34%) in the mid-session environment and in the following minutes it has maintained its upward course to exceed 8,360 points for the second time in the first trading day of the year.

Thus, the index, which opened this Monday at 8,292.1 points, has reached an intraday maximum in the first hours of trading of 8,363.59 integers. After falling back slightly when reaching that maximum, it has bounced again around 1:00 p.m., settling at a new maximum of 8,363.95 points.

The session stood out towards noon due to the positive data for a majority of listed companies in the index, with only Mapfre (-1.55%), Acciona Energías Renovables (-1.33%) and Ferrovial (-0.37%) those that have seen declines.

On the opposite side, Grifols has led the selective with a revaluation of 4.74%, while Colonial has advanced 3.24%; IAG, 3.02% and Meliá, 2.86%.

Regarding the rest of the European stock markets, the DAX (Frankfurt) advanced 1.03% after the half session, while the CAC 40 (Paris) rose 1.63% and the FTSE MIB (Milan) has observed an increase of 0.96%. Only the FTSE 100 on the London Stock Exchange registered negative data, falling 0.56%.

Regarding raw materials, the barrel of Brent oil, a reference for Europe, has advanced 2.94%, to 85.91 dollars, while the West Texas Intermediate (WTI), which is used as a reference in the United States United States, it has stood at 80.26 dollars, 2.37% more. European natural gas futures contracts, traded on the TTF platform, have fallen by 3.69%, to 73.5 euros per megawatt hour (MWh).

The cross of the euro against the dollar has remained practically unchanged, standing at 1.0684 dollars for each euro, while the risk premium has fallen slightly to 107.9 basis points.