Against all forecast, and on a day in which the main selective of the Spanish Stock Exchange arrived in quotiza intradic this morning at 13,117 points, Ibex 35 ends Friday with Light increases of 0.17% in the 13,257.10 points.
In this way, the IBEX 35 reduces its weekly losses to 67%, In a week that started with an opening on Monday at 13,347 points (last Friday’s closure), to conquer new maximums since 2008 at a closure of 13,373.10 points.
Today, the most bullish values have been Enagas (2.75%), AENA (2.55%) and colonial real estate (2.10%). On the side of the falls, the largest are for Arceormittal (-5.16%), Indra (-3.93%) and Grifols (-2.25%).
With today’s closure, Indra ends its streak of six consecutive climbs, in which it has achieved a cumulative revaluation of no less than 38%. This strong climb, which has led him to new historical maximums and has put him in charge of the Ibex 35 in 2025, is caused by European plans to increase the expense in defense in the delicate situation in the Ukraine War.
In the financial sector, investors have been very attentive to the hostile OPA launched by BBVA on Banco Sabadell in May last year. Yesterday, the president of BBVA, Carlos Torres, pointed out that the final decision of the CNMC on this operation could be known in the coming weeks. And meanwhile, some analysts believe that the bank could improve its offer with cash to guarantee the success of the operation.
Deutsche Bank believes that BBVA could add a cash payment of between 1,000 and 1.5 billion euros in the OPAwhich would mean an increase in the offer between 7% and 11%. This “could be attractive enough to overcome the minimum acceptance objective” of the OPA indicates the German firm in a report.
Hoy BBVA is finished the session with 0.23% increases while Sabadell has cut 0.26%.
Other markets
In the rest of European bagson the contrary, Red numbers have prevailed. He DAX German ends with 1.89% subtraction in the 23,003.28 points, the FTSE 100 from London drops a slight 0.05% to 8,678.53 points, the CAC 40 0.94% falls into 8,120.80 points and Euro stoxx 50 It drops 0.76% to 5,465.
The European Statistical Agency estimates that the Gross Domestic Product grew in the Eurozone 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2024, while in the whole of the European Union it was 0.4%. In interannual terms, the GDP of the euro zone increased by 1.2%, while that of the EU was 1.4%. These figures involve a climbing review of the first estimates and leave a somewhat more relieved growth of Europe.
Downward opening Wall Street This Friday, with the big indexes on the way to completing its worst week of the year: the S&P 500 has dropped 3.6% until yesterday, while Dow Jones has subtracted 2.9% and Nasdaq 4.1%. Investors fail to shake the fears that have assaulted them in recent days by Trump’s commercial war, and, as if that were not enough, they see how the labor market gives some worrying symptoms about the health of the economy. Today the US Department of Labor has announced that in February it is They created 151,000 jobsabove the 125,000 of the previous month but below the 170,000 that the market had managed. The Unemployment rate rose to 4.1% From a previous level of 4.0%, when the market had planned to remain stable. As soon as The average wage indicator increased 0.3% in Februaryin this case, complying with the forecasts; The good news is that the year -on -year reading was 4%, when the market had waited for 4.2%.
In raw material markets, oil prices They rise strongly this Friday, mitigating their greatest weekly fall since October, while the uncertainty around the US tariff policy is creating concerns about the growth of demand, while the main producers are preparing to increase production. The barrel of Brent It rises 1.57% to $ 70.55, while West Texas futures rise another 1.54%, at $ 67.38.
In the oil section, the Russian Vice Prime Minister Alexander Novak points out that the OPEC+ agreed to start increasing oil production from Aprilbut that could reverse the decision later if imbalances occur in the market. According to Reutersthe Energy Alliance, composed of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, decided to increase production by 138,000 barrels per day, marking the first climb since 2022. Novak pointed out that the group will evaluate the evolution of the market after the implementation of this measure: “If there is an imbalance in the market, we can always act in the other direction,” he said.
The euro rises 0.60% against the dollar until leaving the exchange rate at $ 1,0862 for each single currency.
In the cryptocurrency market, they try to stay stable after the falls after Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a strategic bitcoin reserve for the United States and, separately, a “reserve of digital assets.” At this time, Bitcoin cuts 0.77% to 88,606.2 dollars, while Ethereum drops 0.74% in 2,205.43 dollars.
In the fixed income, which has added pressure to the bags during the last days, the ten -year Spanish Bonus Profitability It falls to 3,485%, which leaves the risk premium against Germany in 65.3 points.