The Ibex reconquers the 8,000 points and chains three bullish days

The Ibex 35 has regained 8,000 points after rising 0.78%, to 8,012.80 points, although it has reached an intraday maximum of 8,088 integers. The Spanish selective has chained three bullish days, in which it has risen more than 3%, after closing January with falls close to 4%. Meanwhile, the Italian Ftse MIB has led the progress in Europe (+ 2%) thanks to the 'Draghi effect', since the President of the Republic has commissioned the former president of the European Central Bank (ECB) to form a technocratic government in the country (Super Mario has accepted, although "with reservations")

Within the Ibex, the rises in Solaria (+ 4.84%) have stood out after Berenberg began his coverage with a 'buy' advice and a price of 26 euros.

Repsol (+ 4.87%), which has commissioned the listing of its renewables business; and Telefónica (+ 3.24%) have also risen with enthusiasm and have promoted the selective.

Although the protagonist of the day has been Santander, which has deflated (+ 0.67%) after publishing results (lost 8,771 million in 2020, earned 90% less in the fourth quarter; and will pay a dividend of 2.75 cents of euro charged to 2020).

Its president, Ana Botín, has ruled out any corporate operation: "I repeat. We are not interested in mergers," she has sentenced. Although she has anticipated that they will buy "digital businesses" that allow the bank to increase its profitability.

Finally, Cellnex has risen 0.4% after announcing another mega operation, by buying 10,500 Altice towers in France for 5.2 billion euros and announcing another capital increase worth 7 billion euros.

In addition, investors have closely followed Amazon and Alphabet following their results and Jeff Bezos 'step aside' in the e-commerce company, while macro data has also been in focus.

ECONOMIC DATA

January services PMIs for Europe came out better than expected in Italy, France, the Euro Zone and the US; and worse in Spain and Germany.

Today was also published the inflation of the Euro Zone, which finally recovered much more than expected in January, driven by an increase in prices in Germany and the Netherlands, and despite the continuous downward pull of cheaper energy .

According to data from the community statistical office, Eurostat, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rebounded to 0.9%, which returns the rate to positive territory.

In addition, the ADP employment report in the US has been published, a preview of the official data on Friday. The American economy created 174,000 jobs last month, according to this private consultancy, a figure that has clearly exceeded the forecast of 49,000. Additionally, December job destruction has been revised down to -78,000 from -123,000.

Along with all this, vaccines are still in the spotlight, with that idea from Germany, which values ​​the purchase of Russian and Chinese vaccines if the EMA approves them, while the GameStop case continues to be talked about, after the latest strong falls in the company. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has called a meeting with the main regulators of the market to discuss this issue.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND OTHER MARKETS

As for the technical aspect of the Ibex, it is having a hard time leaving 8,000 points behind. The experts of Bolsamanía emphasize that "it is important that it close, in the next few days, above the resistance of 8,122 points". Something that has not been able to achieve, despite trying during the day.

In other markets, Brent oil rebounded 2.4%, to $ 57.72, while the euro fell in value 0.28% and traded at $ 1.2025. In addition, the yield on the 10-year Spanish bond rises slightly to 0.11%.