The Ibex is heading for 9,200 points in the mid-session after the debt ceiling agreement in the US.

MADRID, 1 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35 was heading back to 9,200 points after the half-session, after the United States House of Representatives approved an agreement on the debt ceiling, so around 12:30 p.m. it was trading at 9,162 points.

In Spain, the Public Treasury has placed 6,534.34 million euros this Thursday in an auction of State bonds and obligations, in the expected medium range, and has done so by raising the remuneration offered to investors in three of the four references issued.

For his part, the vice president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Luis de Guindos, pointed out in the morning that the current path of interest rate rises, which began in July 2022 and has increased the price of money after seven consecutive rises, is approaching the "final stretch", in which an increase of 25 basis points, as in the last meeting of the Governing Council, is the "new norm".

In this regard, Eurostat has reported that inflation in the euro zone was 6.1% in the month of May, which represents the lowest level of price increases since February 2022. Likewise, it has been known that the rate Unemployment in the euro area fell to 6.5% in April, one tenth less than the previous month and a new all-time low.

In this context, Banco Sabadell led the selective among the values ​​that rose the most (4.87%), followed by Meliá (3.46%), CaixaBank (3.27%), Bankinter (3.18%), Unicaja Banco (2.58%), Amadeus (2.42%), BBVA (1.96%) and Banco Santander (1.81%).

On the other hand, only three stocks traded in 'red': Colonial (-0.73%), Telefónica (-0.23%) and Cellnex (-0.08%).

Investor optimism has been common in the rest of Europe, with Frankfurt rising 1.13%; Paris, 0.73%; Milan, 1.77%; and London, 0.41%.

After the mid-session, a barrel of Brent traded at $72.29, 0.44% less, while West Texas Intermediate dropped 0.51%, to $67.73.

In the debt market, the yield on the Spanish bond stood at 3.346% after the mid-session, compared to 3.332% at which it closed on Wednesday. Thus, the risk premium rose by two tenths, to 105.2 basis points.

Regarding currencies, the euro appreciated by 0.18% against the dollar, for which reason it once again reached the level of 1.07 dollars per euro, standing at 1.0709 'green tickets' for each unit of the community currency. .