The Ibex 35 index falls 0.48% at the close and returns to 11,100 whole numbers.

VALENCIA (EP). The Ibex 35 index closed down 0.48% today, back at 11,100 whole numbers. in the absence of major links and waiting for US macro data on Friday and French election results on Sunday.

Renta 4 analysts emphasize, on the one hand, trade tensions between Europe and China, as well as statements Jean-Philippe Tanguycandidate for the post of Minister of Finance of France Marine Le Pen wins the election, in which he declared that he would not allow the deficit to “get out of hand” and thus commits himself to the European financial system.

This was reported by the National Institute of Statistics of Spain (INE). spanish economy grew by 0.8% in the first quarter of the yearwhich is one-tenth more than expected and one-tenth higher than the fourth quarter of 2023.

In this context, only seven values ​​ended positively on the Ibex 35: Iberdrola (+1.06%), Melia (+0.66%), Endesa (+0.63%), Ferrovial (+0.22%), Bankinter (+0.13%), Amadeus (+0.13%) and KaishaBank (+0.04%).

The biggest drop occurred in Fluidrawhich lost 7.94% on the session after its US rival Pool yesterday warned of “persistently weak” demand for new pool construction, denting its profit outlook.

Behind them they placed Grifols (-2.51%), Solarium (-2.21%), MAG (-1.82%), Sakir (-1.77%), telephone (-1.75%) and Indra (-1.67%).

Other European indices also closed in the red. Frankfurt lost 0.81%; Paris0.58%; London0.41% and Milan0.38%.

He Brent barrel West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude hit $85.36, down 0.65%, and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) reached $81.09, down 0.66%.

In that debt marketThe yield on Spanish 10-year bonds reached 3.266%, below the 3.277% level recorded at the end of Monday. Thus, the risk premium was 86.1 basis points.

In that currency marketThe euro depreciated 0.24% to $1.0707 for each unit of the community currency.