The Ibex 35 has concluded this Wednesday's session with a rise of 0.49%, finally settling at 18,380.9 points, despite having approached 18,450 points during the day.
"An agreement between Iran/USA seems to be glimpsed in the short term, although it has not yet materialized (...). In this context, it is difficult for the stock markets to take a clear direction," stated Bankinter analysts.
On the 'macro' front, before trading began, it was known that the number of mortgages constituted on homes rose by 9% in March compared to the same month in 2025, reaching 46,661 contracts, its highest level in a March since 2010, according to figures published by the National Statistics Institute (INE).
On the other hand, the Spanish Treasury has placed 13 billion euros this Wednesday in a new syndicated issue of 10-year state bonds, maturing on October 31, 2036, which received demand exceeding 130 billion euros.
In the corporate sphere, it was learned this Wednesday that CVC has divested its 13.8% stake in Naturgy for 3,821.4 million euros through a private placement of 11.08% of the capital and the liquidation of the remaining 2.72% held through derivatives.
Likewise, Indra has indicated that it will ratify at its shareholders' meeting, scheduled for the second call on June 30, the recently appointed CEO Josep María Recasens as an executive director of the company.
Shareholders will also vote on the ratification and re-election of the company's chairman since early April, Ángel Simón Grimaldos, as an 'other external' director, along with the appointment of Magdalena Jacoba Bertram López as a proprietary director representing Amber Capital, Indra's third-largest shareholder with just over 5% of the capital, after having reduced its position by 2% last February.
Bertram's access to the board follows the resignation this past Tuesday of Amber's previous representative, Pablo Jiménez de Parga.
Among the biggest risers this Wednesday were Puig (+3.67%), Inditex (+3.23%), IAG (+2.81%), Aena (+1.91%), and Amadeus (+1.91%). On the downside, Sabadell fell 15.45% due to the technical effect derived from the exclusion of its 'macro dividend'. Following it were Naturgy (-4.01%), Acciona Energía (-3.49%), Solaria (-3.35%), Acciona (-3.01%), and Repsol (-2.55%).
The performance was mixed in the rest of the European markets. London advanced 0.13% and Paris 0.43%, while Frankfurt ceded 0.03% and Milan retreated 0.64%.
The Brent barrel was trading at $96.2 at the close of the European session, a decrease of 3.45%, while the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) stood at $90.25, 3.87% less.
In the debt market, the yield on the Spanish 10-year bond remained practically stable at 3.407%, allowing the risk premium to narrow by two tenths, to 42 basis points.
The euro, for its part, registered barely any variations against the dollar, trading at an exchange rate of $1.1629 for each euro.