IBEX 35 closed this Thursday with a mild increase of 0.14%, reaching 12,821.3 points, thus ending the emergency streak in the last three sessions where the index was affected by geopolitical and trade stress.
The boost today, which put an end to an accumulated decrease of about 3.5% last Friday, came after data on US inflation were released yesterday, which was better than expected and boosted the country’s clues.
Rent 4 analysts advanced this morning that today’s session was «rare» in terms of «macro» relevance data and that, therefore, investors would be aware of the evolution of the trade war between the United States and its former allies, as well as peace negotiations in Ukraine and investment plans in Europe, especially in Europe. «All of this signals maintaining high volatility in the markets,» they added.
In fact, the Maelstrom tariff found echoes again this Thursday in the United States, after President Donald Trump threatened to impose «a 200% tariff on all wines and alcoholic products represented by the European Union (EU) if Brussels does not» immediately «the 50% annual US whiskey.
On the other hand, in the macroeconomic agenda, it barely emerged that industrial production in the euro area increased by 0.8% in January of last year compared to the previous month, when it fell by 0.4%, while compared to the same month in 2024, it remained unchanged, according to Eurostat.
In Spanish commercial news, Telefónica reached an agreement to sell its branch in Colombia to Millicom for around 368 million euros.
Given this situation, within the IBEX 35, the advances stood out (+2.86%), Acerinox (+1.74%), Enagás (+1.41%), Acerinox (+1.74%), Enagás (+1.41%), Acerinox (+1.74%), and MAPFRE (+1.17%). As for losses, Grifols (-1.49%), Puig (-1.24%), Sabadell (-1.23%), Fluidra (-1.16%), Inditex (-0.87%), and BBVA (-0.82%).
The main European stock markets closed mostly in the negative: Frankfurt decreased by 0.48%; Paris 0.64% and Milan 0.8%, while London was the exception, increasing by 0.02%.
On the other hand, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the old continent, was $70.03 at the time of closing in Europe, 1.32% less, while Texas fell by 1.49% to $66.65.
In the currency market, the price of the euro against the dollar was at 1.0870 «green bills,» 0.15% less than the day before, while in the debt market, the interest required for the Spanish 10-year bond remained unchanged at 3.497%, with the risk premium compared to the German bond at 64.5 points.
In turn, Golden Troy gold shot up by 1.5% and hit new all-time highs nearing $3,000, while Bitcoin collapsed by almost 3%, to $80,600.
