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The Ibex 35 maintains a decrease of 0.69% in the middle session, above 7,800 points

MADRID, 1 Sep.

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The Ibex 35 maintains a decrease of 0.69% in the middle session, above 7,800 points

MADRID, 1 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35 fell 0.69% in the average session this Thursday, in which it stood at 7,831.8 points, affected by high inflation in Europe and signs of a slowdown in China.

The selective yesterday signed the worst streak in its history, with eleven sessions in negative, and is heading to add a new trading day in 'red'.

This Thursday it was known that unemployment in the eurozone fell by one tenth in the month of July, to stand at 6.6%, which represents the lowest level of unemployment among the Nineteen of the entire historical series, which is dates back to April 1998, according to Eurostat data.

In Spain, the Public Treasury has placed 5,370.22 million euros in a new auction of bonds and obligations, within the expected average range, and has done so by remunerating investors with higher interest.

Regarding the energy crisis, the European Commission has confirmed that it is studying applying a ceiling to the price of gas within the European Union, reforming the electricity market and possible electricity saving plans, apart from those already implemented to reduce the demand for gas, in response to the price increase in the electricity bill.

On his side, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced today that the Executive will lower the VAT on gas from 21% to 5% starting in October.

In this scenario, the biggest drops in the Ibex 35 were presented by Arcelormittal (-5.33%), Fluidra (-4.95%), Acerinox (-3.17%), Bankinter (-2.64%), Meliá ( -2.56%), Grifols (-2.37%), Merlin (-2.3%) and IAG (-2.15%).

In the positive terrain were only Telefónica (0.87%), Corporación Acciona Energía (0.85%), Iberdrola (0.53%), Solaria (0.52%), BBVA (0.09%), Siemens Gamesa (0.06%) and Naturgy (0.04%).

The rest of the European stock markets also showed falls in the mid-session, 1.5% in London, 1.48% in Paris, 1.21% in Frankfurt and 1.03% in Milan.

Likewise, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, stood at a price of 93.62 dollars, with a decrease of 2.11%, while Texas stood at 87.72 dollars, after fall 2.05%.

Finally, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0017 'greenbacks', while the risk premium stood at 120 basis points and the return on the 10-year Spanish bond stood at 2.780%.