The IBEX 35 opens this Tuesday’s session with increases of 0.55% to 17,710 points. Leading the advances is Fluidra, which adds 2.15%, while Grifols has 1.81%. Among the decreases, ACS fell 0.40%, while Iberdrola fell 0.35%.
The Madrid selective comes from a session in which it achieved new highs, at 17,614 points. At the moment, the index is already up more than 1.80% in the two full sessions so far this year.
As pointed out Juan J. Fdez-Figares, of Link Securitiesthe US military intervention in Venezuela was one of the factors that most influenced the behavior of the different sectors in the stock markets yesterday, «since it served to strongly push up the values of the defense sector, which had been suffering in the last weeks of 2025 from aggressive profit-taking by investors, who again clearly bet on them.»
In the business section, we will have to pay attention to the evolution of Indra, a value that shot up above 9.6% yesterday, and which last year was the value of the entire Ibex 35 that experienced the most increases in the accumulated year.
The value, like many others, is significantly affected by the geopolitical uncertainty dominant, with the emergence of the United States in Venezuela this weekend and the arrest of Maduro by Trump. In addition, the American president longs to have Greenland, a territory under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Denmark, in his possession. The Danish Prime Minister even stated yesterday afternoon that «If a NATO country attacks another NATO country, everything will be over. Including our NATO and, consequently, the security it has provided since the end of the Second World War.”
Repsol is also a protagonist, given the situation in Venezuela. From Bankinter they indicated that the company has almost 15% of its world oil reserves and 12% of its production in the South American country.
Today we also know that Eni and Repsol battle over gas payments of 6 billion dollars in Venezuelaaccording to the Financial Times. On the other hand, the company chaired by Antonio Brufau awaits the approval of the United States to once again export oil from the Latin American country, as reported by Cinco Días.
On the other hand, in the last hours of yesterday’s session it was published that BBVA would be in negotiations with the Dutch bank ING to sell its subsidiary in Romania, which operates under the Garanti brand, according to local media.
Telefónica is preparing to leave Colombia after the departure of Coltel from the State, Cinco Días reports, while Expansión points out that Banco Santander places 2,000 million in debt in double tranches.
In the Continuous Market, FCC reports that it will build a runway for the King Salman airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Europe, Wall Street and other markets
The macroeconomic agenda of the day comes with some important references despite the national holiday. Today we have the indexes PMI services from Spain, Germany, Eurozone, United Kingdom and United States. In addition we will know the IPC advance of Germany, and before the opening we have already known that of France, which drops to 0.8% from the previous 0.9%.
With this, the European stock markets open with the German Dax rising 0.17% to 24,897 points, the French CAC 40 drops 0.06% to 8,206 points, the London FTSE 100 rises 0.42% to 10,046 points, the FTSE MIB adds 0.44% to 46,047 points, while the EURO STOXX 50 advances 0.01% at 5,924 points.
Wall Street futures point to a higher opening after the main New York indices closed higher on Monday, with the S&P 500 gaining 0.64%, to 6,902.09 points, the Nasdaq Composite rising 0.69%, to 23,395.82 points, and the Dow Jones advancing 1.23%, to 48,977.49 points, new highs.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei advances 1.31% to 52,514 points, while in China both the CSI 300 like him SSEC of Shanghai advance around 1.5%, the same as the Kospi South Korean. He Hang Seng from Hong Kong adds 1.3%.
Regarding fixed income, the 10-year Spanish bond offers a return in the secondary market of 3.319%, leaving the risk premium with respect to its German counterpart at 43.18 points. Across the pond, the US 10-year bond offers a yield of 4.184%.
In the raw materials market, oil prices They fall on expectations of ample global supply amid weak demand, as the market weighs the prospect of greater production of Venezuelan crude oil following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro by the United States.
Brent oil futures, referenced in Europe, fell 0.45%, to $61.49 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude oil stood at $58.03 a barrel, down 0.5%.
The Euro Dollar rises 0.09% to establish the exchange rate at 1.1733 dollars for each community currency.