The Ibex 35 index fell 0.12% at the opening to remain at 11,600 points.

The Ibex 35 index started this Friday’s session, the last of the week, with a fall of 0.12%, leaving the select index at 11,642.2 points at 9:00 am after it was reported that the United States economy The kingdom recorded growth. monthly 0.2% in Augustafter the stagnation observed in the previous two months.

On the business side, CaixaBank reported to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) that it has carried out a repurchase of 54.47% of its shares in eleven weeks since the start of this program on July 31, for a total amount of 500 million euros.

Acerinox, for its part, has signed a contract with Malaysian company Worldwide Sustainable for the sale of its Bahru Sustainable plant in Malaysia for a total consideration of $95 million (approx. €87 million).

In the early stages of this session, the biggest gains in the Ibex 35 index were recorded by CaixaBank (+0.42%), Endesa (+0.32%), Logista (+0.30%) and Enagás (+0.23%), while the most prominent red lanterns were ArcelorMittal (-0.84%), Aena (-0.8%) and Repsol (-0.71%).

Major European stock markets opened this Friday with a mixed trend. In particular, Paris and London fell by 0.25% and 0.14% respectively, while Frankfurt and Milan rose by 0.03% in both cases.

At the stock market open, the price of a barrel of Brent crude, the benchmark for the Old Continent, was $78.40, or 2.38% higher, while in Texas the price rose 2.29% to $74.92, up was caused by tensions in the Middle East.

In the foreign exchange market, the price of the euro against the dollar was US$1.0939, and in the debt market, the required interest rate on 10-year bonds rose to 2.991%.