The Ibex 35 loses 7,400 points in the session with a decrease of 0.78%

MADRID, 11 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35 has recorded a decrease of 0.78% in the session on Tuesday, to 7,355.9 points, on a day marked by the meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which has decided to lower its world forecasts of gross domestic product (GDP) growth due to high inflation, the price of energy and the war in Ukraine.

In the case of Spain, the IMF forecasts that Spain will grow by 4.3% this year, three tenths more than it estimated in June, while next year's economic growth will drop by eight tenths, to 1.2 %.

The agency has maintained its growth forecast for the world economy at 3.2%, which represents a sharp slowdown compared to the 6% expansion registered in 2021, while it has cut its forecast for 2023 by two tenths, when it expects that global GDP will grow by 2.7%, while he trusts that inflation has peaked and will moderate over the next two years.

The Ibex 35 closed the session at 7,355.9 points, down 0.78%. The biggest falls were presented by Meliá (-3.56%), Endesa (-2.9%), Naturgy (-2.73%), Solaria (-2.56%), Repsol (-2.21%) and Fluidra (-2.12%).

In the positive field, the greatest increases have been registered by Inditex (1.47%), IAG (1.34%), Grifols (0.73%), ACS (0.54%) and Ferrovial (0.52%) .

The rest of the European stock markets have also ended the day with losses, of 1.06% in London, 0.13% in Paris, 0.43% in Frankfurt and 0.78% in Milan.

Likewise, the barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, stood at a price of 94.25 dollars this Tuesday, with a decrease of 2.05%, while the Texas stood at 89.17 dollars , with a fall of 2.15%.

Finally, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 0.9735 'greenbacks', while the Spanish risk premium stood at 117 basis points, with the interest required on the ten-year bond at 3.451%.