Ibex 35 starts June at 11,400 points pending the ECB’s decision.

Ibex 35 starts June at 11,400 points pending the ECB’s decision.Marta Fernandez Jara – Europa Press – Archive

Ibex 35 started the first session of the month. June with an increase of 0.71%, which brought it to 11,402 points.almost all values ​​of which are marked “green”, in a week marked by the meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB) next Thursday.

In particular, the rise in inflation recorded in the eurozone in May will not prevent the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) from starting this Thursday to change the extent of its monetary policy restrictions with its first monetary policy cut. interest rates of 25 basis points, according to analyst consensus, backed by reports cabled this week from Frankfurt.

also in macroeconomic space, they will be published this Monday in Europe and the USA. manufacturing purchasing managers’ indices for May.

Before the market opened, Fluidra said it would pay the first payment of its 2023 interim dividend on July 3. In particular, from the total dividend amount of EUR 0.55, this first payment will amount to EUR 0.30 per share.

Endesa, for its part, has approved a new composition of the committees of its board of directors due to the expiration of the terms of office of its presidents and some of its members, as well as due to the recent approval by the next general meeting of shareholders. The electricity company informed the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) this Monday about the appointment of new directors.

In this context, the Madrid selection started with the growth leader Acciona Energía with an increase of 2.24%, followed by Fluidra (+1.97%), Acciona (+1.95%) and IAG (+1.49%), and only Rovi became the red lantern, losing 1.54%.

In the rest of Europe, the main indices started the session higher: Frankfurt rose 1.04%; London – 0.95%, Milan – 0.92% and Paris – 0.88%.

The price of a barrel of Brent crude, the benchmark for the Old Continent, fell 0.22% to $80.93 at the opening of European markets, while in Texas it stood at $76.86, 0.17% lower.

In the foreign exchange market, the price of the euro against the dollar rose to US$1.0858, while in the debt market the required interest rate on 10-year Spanish bonds remained at around 3.374%.