The Ibex 35 of the Madrid Stock Exchange started this Thursday's session practically unchanged, which allowed it to maintain the threshold of 19,200 points and stand at 19,234.2 units in the first minutes of trading.
However, after the initial moments, the selective index leaned towards increases and advanced by 0.37% around 9:20 AM, surpassing 19,300 points and placing itself at 19,307.5 units.
Investors continue to pay attention to the evolution of the conflict in the Middle East and its impact on crude oil prices, which remain slightly above 104 dollars.
In this context, the barrel of Brent oil, a reference in Europe, fell by 1.4% at the start of trading in European markets, down to 104.6 dollars.
In parallel, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), a reference in the United States, dropped by 1%, down to 94.2 dollars per barrel.
In Spain, in the 'macro' field, the Public Treasury will return this Thursday to the debt markets to close the October emissions with an auction of bonds and state obligations, in which it expects to raise between 4.5 billion and 5.5 billion euros.
In the corporate chapter, Banco Santander has communicated its intention to proceed on October 19 with the amortization and total early cancellation of two issues of internationalization bonds maturing in October 2027, for a total amount of 4.59 billion euros.
Likewise, Amper has confirmed that it is in the negotiation phase for the purchase of the radar sensor company Advanced Radar Technologies (ART), although for the moment it has not signed any binding agreement.
In the energy sector, the president of Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi, has announced the signing of an agreement with the Spanish company Solaria to develop a technological park of data centers that will involve an investment of 5.7 billion dollars (5.08 billion euros).
In the first trades of the day on the Madrid Stock Exchange, the largest advances within the Ibex 35 corresponded to Cellnex (+2.7%), Telefónica (+2.1%), Grifols (+1.9%), and Inditex (+1.3%).
On the contrary, the most significant declines at the start were recorded in Arcelormittal (-2.2%), ACS (-1.8%), Solaria (-1.2%), and Puig (-1%).
In this scenario, the main European stock exchanges began the day with mixed signs: London and Paris rose by 0.1% at 9:20 AM, while Milan fell by 0.4% and Frankfurt dropped by 0.3%.
In the foreign exchange market, the euro was gaining ground against the dollar, trading in the markets at 1.1213 "greenbacks," while in fixed income the yield of the Spanish ten-year bond fell to 4.009%.