The Ibex has opened with falls of 0.4% that have increased to 0.8% in the first bars of the session, putting in danger the 7,200 points in a day in which the European stock markets will seek to consolidate the recent gains, waiting for the macro references this Friday to see if the recovery after the pandemic is going in the right direction. The experts of Bolsamanía, however, do not rule out that it will continue to gain positions in the short term until the resistance of 7,664 points, after closing three sessions this week in green.
Almost all the values of the selective are in red, with important falls in IAG (-5.27%) and Meliá (.2.17%), weighed down by the ups and downs of tourism and the news of restrictions on Spanish travelers. The news of increases in Covid cases in Spain, which this Thursday amounted to 3,000 in the last 24 hours, do not play in favor of values related to travel and leisure either. On the other hand, the director of the Center for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies (Ccaes), Fernando Simón, has ruled out that the Government is studying imposing a new lockdown on the population to stop the coronavirus and described as "hoaxes" some information that indicates that such a possibility could occur next September.
The securities of the banking sector are having a worse time and the cuts in BBVA or Bankia of more than 1.5% stand out. ACS, which presents its results this Friday, is also one of those that suffers the most, with falls of 2.18%.
The data of the GDP and unemployment of the euro zone will give the reasons that the stock markets of the Old Continent lack to end the week with increases. Still in the macro field, this morning the data of the retail sales of China were released, which unexpectedly fell in July compared to the previous year. It has also emerged that the recovery of industrial production was slower than expected amid signs that the comeback after the pandemic in the world's second-largest economy remains fragile.
All in all, mainland Chinese stocks have risen: the Shanghai composite rose 0.11%, the Shenzhen component index rose 0.81% and the Shenzhen composite 0.58%. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 added 0.12% while the Topix index rose 0.18%. However, South Korea's Kospi Index fell 1.21% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index traded almost flat. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 has added 0.12% while the Topix Index has added 0.18%. However, South Korea's Kospi Index is down 1.21% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index has traded almost flat.
In currencies, the euro / dollar is trading at 1.1814 dollars and the pound remains stable at 0.9047 pounds per euro, where it remains at the moment. In raw materials, the future of Brent did not suffer great variations either, ending at the end of yesterday's session at 45.30 dollars a barrel and currently stands at 45.12 dollars a barrel. Gold has continued to recover ground to $ 1,954 an ounce, with increases of more than 1.5%.
