MADRID, 3 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -
The Ibex 35 lost 0.32% and stood at 7,343.2 points in the mid-session, in a week marked by the meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, the group known as OPEC , which will take place this Wednesday, with a possible reduction in oil production.
The British Government has rectified part of its tax reduction program and has ruled out eliminating the marginal rate of 45% that was taxed on income above 150,000 pounds (171,596 euros) per year and that affected 1.7% of taxpayers.
The elimination of the 45% marginal rate of income tax, which affects only those Britons who earn more than 150,000 pounds a year, was going to mean a loss of income for the public coffers of 2,065 million pounds (2,362 million euros ) to five years.
Bankinter analysts predict that this week will be the fourth consecutive week of falls, because the latest inflation records have been bad again, with upticks, and the American macro continues to offer solid resistance, so they expect the Fed to continue raising interest rates.
"Without more references to inflation that are going to be published in the coming days, it is likely that the market will try to lateralize, but it will not be easy because the downward trend is strong and the adjustment is not over yet," they point out in their weekly bulletin. .
In this scenario, the biggest increases in the Ibex 35 were presented by Repsol (2.8%), Naturgy (2.32%), Enagás (2.24%), Endesa (2.14%) and Red Eléctrica (1.37 %).
On the contrary, in the negative terrain, Fluidra (-5.85), Amadeus (-3.13%), Grifols (-2.95%), Meliá (-2.6%) and CaixaBank (-2.23) stood out. %).
The rest of the European stock markets also remained in 'red' in the mid-session, with a drop of 0.82% in London, 1.14% in Paris, 0.86% in Frankfurt and 0.44% in Milan .
On the other hand, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, stood at a price of 88.4 dollars, with an increase of 3.83%, while Texas stood at 82, 66 dollars, after rising 3.99%.
Finally, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 0.9762 'greenbacks', while the Spanish risk premium stood at 119 basis points, with the interest required on the ten-year bond at 3.270%.