Financial markets
Asian stock markets rise, while the Hong Kong technology sector monopolizes attention, and the optimistic Japanese economic growth contrasts with the weakness of retail sales in the United States, which drives the Yen against the dollar.
Petroleum prices record few changes, while investors are pending a possible peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine that could reduce the sanctions that interrupt world supply flows.
Macroeconomic data
Today we have:
– Commercial balance of Spain and the Eurozone
– Bundesbank Monthly Report
– Japan GDP
Companies
The Sidenor consortium agrees to the purchase of 29.7% of Talgo (Reuters)
The Peruvian subsidiary of Telefónica enters the creditors in search of a financial restructuring (Reuters)
ABU DABI negotiates alliances to make another jump in energy in Spain (expansion)
Soltec is left without a legal team while negotiating to avoid the creditors contest (El Confidencial)
Portaventura Refinance 780 m and gives entrance to Santander and Sabadell among their creditors (El Confidencial)
China invites more Spanish companies to enter its market (Reuters)
Economy and politics
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said on Sunday that Ukraine and Europe would be part of any «real negotiation» to end the Moscow war, noting that US conversations with Russia this week were an opportunity to see until What point Russian president, Vladimir Putin, takes peace seriously (Reuters)
The Japanese economy grew faster than expected in the fourth quarter, thanks to the improvement of business spending and a surprising increase in consumption, which reinforces the reasons of the central bank to continue raising interest rates (reuters)
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, spoke in a symposium attended