The Ibex saves the 8,000 points sustained by the jump in electricity companies
The selective has put the short-term support of 7,950 points to the test
The Ibex 35 rises 0.2% this Friday, to 8,053 points. After marking an intraday low at 7,921 points and testing the support of 7,950 integers, the selective has rebounded above 8,000 points, sustained by the rises in the electricity sector. The index has corrected a large part of the increases of the previous week, in which it inxreased in value over 5%, and is on track to close the week with a decrease of 2.3%.
IBEX 35
11.656,600
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0,39%44,90
- Max: 11.674,00
- Min: 11.520,90
- Volume: -
- MM 200 : 11.125,61
At the macro level, today the publication of the final CPI for January in Spain (it returns to positive rates after rising one point) or the GDP of the United Kingdom (it contracted by 9.9% in 2020, the biggest drop in its history) ).
Meanwhile, at the business level, the results are still being looked at. Disney last night met expectations at its results presentation with 94.9 million paying subscribers. The company had set for 2024 to exceed 90 million on its Disney + platform.
Returning to the Ibex, within the selective, the strong falls in Solaria (-6%) stand out, while the electricity and gas companies, with Naturgy, Endesa and Enagás at the head, have led purchases. In the Continuo, other values associated with renewables, such as Solarpack and Grenergy, have also fallen sharply. Next week, Repsol will be the protagonist with its results, scheduled for Thursday.
FOLLOW THE SUPPORT OF THE BITCOIN
And if a few days ago Tesla announced that it had bought 1.5 billion dollars in bitcoin and that it will allow it to acquire its products with the cryptocurrency, which led it to reach new all-time highs at 47,700 dollars, this Thursday something similar was repeated after the 'crypto' received the backing of Bank of New York Mellon and Mastercard.
Bitcoin surpassed $ 48,000 after Bank of New York Mellón announced that it will begin financing the digital asset. Later, Mastercard said that it will support cryptocurrencies on its website. At this time, bitcoin is down 0.2%, to $ 47,798.
CHINESE NEW YEAR
Today its the the Chinese New Year. It is the year of the ox, a year for which experts have very favorable forecasts for China, which has been able to quickly recover from the pandemic. Last year the celebrations of this holiday had to be suspended due to Covid, which was beginning to emerge.
On the occasion of the celebration, most Asian exchanges remain closed. It should be noted that Joe Biden, president of the United States, is taking advantage of this event to put the country in the spotlight.
On the one hand, he has had his firs presidential telephone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in which, according to the White House, he has been considerably critical of the Asian giant's ways of proceeding in different issues.
In addition, CNBC publishes on Friday that Biden warned Thursday that China is aggressively surpassing the US in terms of infrastructure. "They are investing a lot of money, they are investing billions of dollars ... They are going to eat our lunch," Biden told a group of Republican and Democratic senators he met in the Oval Office.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND OTHER MARKETS
It has been a week of lack of catalysts to fan the flame of the rises and of exhaustion for the selective Spanish. "We will be very aware of the return of sales at these prices. The first resistance level is at 8,260 points, prices that should exceed if we want to see an attack at the level of 8,439 points," says César Nuez, an analyst at Bolsamanía.
In other markets, the euro falls in value 0.1% and trades at $ 1.2119. As for oil, Brent rose 1% to $ 61.80. In addition, gold rose 0.1% to $ 1,828, while the profitability of the Spanish 10-year bond rose to 0.16%.
