International markets open lower this Wednesday

The European stock markets have opened this Wednesday’s session aimlessly, with slight decreases or increases, in a day in which macroeconomic references are scarce and the most notable data is the monthly industrial production for December in both Spain and Germany.

At the opening, while Madrid fell 0.24%, Paris, 0.19% and Frankfurt, 0.05%, Milan rose 0.21% and London, 0.08%.

The Euro Stoxx50, an index that includes the largest capitalization European companies, for its part, lost a slight 0.01%.

In Asia, the Tokyo Stock Exchange had a mixed close this Wednesday, with a decline of 0.11% in its main index, the Nikkei, torn between a fall in the semiconductor sector and the recent positive financial reports among its companies, while the benchmark The Shanghai Stock Exchange rose 1.44%, the Shenzhen stock market rose 2.93% and the main indicator of the Seoul Stock Exchange, the Kospi, gained 1.3% today.

For its part, Wall Street closed this Tuesday in green and its main indicator, the Dow Jones Industrials, rose 0.37%, while the S&P 500 advanced 0.23%, and the Nasdaq index, in which large technology companies are listed, rose 0.07%.

Today there are hardly any relevant references at the macro level, highlighting only the industrial production data for December in Spain and Germany, which will continue to show a weak manufacturing sector.

From yesterday’s session, the tough tone of the Central Bank of Australia stands out when stating that new rate increases cannot be ruled out, even despite the latest inflation data that is better than expected.

In the debt market, the interest on the ten-year German bond, considered the safest, rises to 2.283%, while the Spanish one falls to 3.196%.

In terms of raw materials, gold is down to $2,050 an ounce, while oil is on the rise. In the case of Brent, the reference in Europe, 0.20% to $78.77 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the reference in the US, climbed 0.27%. up to $73.52.

The euro appreciates 0.13% compared to the “greenback” and is exchanged at 1.076 dollars.