Banks and Telefonica bring Ibex 35 closer to the psychological level of 10,000 points.

MADRID (EP). The Ibex 35 index closed 0.59% higher in the first session of the week, taking its value to 9,944 whole numbers. on the day Wall Street will be closed for “Presidents’ Day.” In this context, Grifols closed the session bullish, up 3.44%, followed by CaixaBank (+1.89%), Telefónica (+1.83%), Santander (+1.76%), Repsol (+ 1.66%) and Sabadell (+1.16%).

On the opposite side were ArcelorMittal (-2.95%), Acerinox (-2.32%), Acciona (-1.51%), Solaria (-1.46%), Acciona Energía (-1.14%) and Fluidra (-0.66%). About the rest of the main stock indices of the Old ContinentLondon closed up 0.22%, Paris closed unchanged, while Frankfurt and Milan closed down 0.15% and 0.18% respectively.

In the commodities market, a barrel of Brent was priced at $83.36, down 0.12%, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 0.45% to $79.55. In turn, the yield on 10-year Spanish bonds remained virtually unchanged and traded at 3.309%, compared with 3.302% on Friday. Thus, The risk premium on German debt was 89.7 basis points.

On the foreign exchange market, the euro was trading at $1.0772 per unit of the community currency, slightly below Friday’s level.