Spanish stock market falls 1%, closes at 8,633 points

The Spanish stock market index Ibex-35 fell 1 percent on Friday to close at 8,633.40 points, down from the 8,720.50 points of Thursday.

Share values were down 4.3 percent in the week as a whole with the Spanish risk premium rising from the 103.80 points of Monday to the 108.20 points of Friday closing time.

Meanwhile, Spain's 10-year bond interest rate closed at 1.08 percent on Friday, showing no variations when compared with five days ago.

On Friday session, Bankia shares led falls losing 3.46 percent, followed by Banco Popular, ArcelorMittal, Repsol, Indra A and AENA that lost 2.61 percent, 2.27 percent, 2.16 percent, 2.11 percent and 1.99 percent respectively.

On the other hand, Iberdrola shares led rises climbing 0.73 percent, followed by Grifols and Gamesa that rose 0.42 percent and 0.17 percent respectively.

Source : XINHUA