The Ibex loses 1.18% in the session, and falls to the level of 8,700 integers, weighed down by Telefónica

MADRID, 1 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ibex 35 has closed the session with a decrease of 1.18%, to stand at 8,747.2 integers, weighed down by Telefónica, whose shares are listed today without the right to receive the dividend, and with investors pending the publication of the Beige Book of the Federal Reserve (Fed) of the United States and the meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC).

On the day of this Wednesday it was known that the activity of the manufacturing sector in Spain slightly accelerated its expansion in the month of May, according to the purchasing managers' index (PMI), which rose to 53.8 points from 53.3 April, thus extending the period of growth to 16 consecutive months, although stagnant demand and inflation suggest that stagflation poses a real threat.

It has also been published that Spain received the visit of 6.1 million international tourists in April, multiplying by more than nine the figure for the same month last year (869.8%), when 629,000 foreign tourists arrived in the country, according to data of the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

In this scenario, almost all the Ibex 35 securities have closed 'in the red', especially Telefónica (-5.73%), although its shares are listed today without the possibility of receiving the payment of the flexible dividend of 0.0148 euros per action. It is followed by Cellnex (-2.24%), Colonial (-1.90%), Iberdrola (-1.72%), IAG (-1.69%), Rovi (-1.60%) and Grifols (- 1.43%).

On the positive side, the rises of Acciona (4.45%), Indra (2.66%), CIE Automotive (2.44%), Acerinox (1.08), CaixaBank (0.77%), Enagás (0.66%) and Merlin (0.19%).

The rest of the European stock markets have also closed in negative, with a decrease of 0.98% in London, 0.77% in Paris, 0.33% in Frankfurt, and 0.90% in Milan.

The falls were also recorded on Wall Street, with declines of around 1% in both the Dow Jones and the S

The price of a barrel of Brent crude, a reference for Europe, stood at 117.26 dollars, with an increase of 1.46%, while a barrel of WTI oil, a reference for the US, rose by 1, 35%, up to $116.22.

Finally, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.0634 'greenbacks', while the Spanish risk premium reached 110.8 basis points, with the interest required on the ten-year bond at 2.290%.