• Balance: The pandemic snatches 35,500 million from the value of banks

Neither the elections in Georgia nor the approval in Europe of Moderna's vaccine, the main protagonists of the Reyes day on the

Ibex 35

have been the banks, which have led the selective to its

highest rise in two months with an advance of the 3.2%

, up to 8,350 points.

After losing more than 35,000 million of its value in 2020, the entities have started this year with a more optimistic tone given the prospects for economic recovery opened by the vaccination campaigns against Covid-19.

Despite even the outbreaks and the increase in widespread infections in Europe and the US.

Optimism was felt this Wednesday especially in

Banco Santander

, which closed with a rise of 6.87% and was ahead of

Bankinter and Sabadell

- both slightly above 6% - and also

BBVA, CaixaBank and Bankia -

all with more than 5.5% -.

Only Solaria has maintained the pulse of the financial sector with an advance of 6.25% in its titles.

Only five values ​​have ended in red.

Cellnex

registered the largest decrease, falling more than 2.85%, followed by

PharmaMar

(-1.4%),

Viscofan

(-0.50%),

Grifols

(-0.14%) and

Merlin Properties

(-0 , 02%).

Elections in the USA

Many of the investors were awaiting the results of the elections in Georgia, in the United States, where the Democrats have taken a new seat in the Senate.

This result, in the absence of the assignment of another seat, partially clears the uncertainty about the distribution of the Upper House, which would facilitate Joe Biden the development of his political agenda and favor the stability of the country.

The market already discounts the Democratic victory in the Senate.

If Joe Biden's party prevails in Georgia, it would get 50 senators, the same as the Republicans, although they would have the tiebreaker vote in future legislative debates of the one who will be President of the Senate and Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris.

The other focus of interest for investors was located in Brussels, where the

European Medicines Agency

(EMA) has given the go-ahead for the use of Moderna's vaccine and it may begin to be applied in EU countries.

All these factors together have placed the Ibex 35 among the best European stock exchanges, where

green

has also

prevailed

.

Only the Ftse 100 in London closed above (+ 3.65%) and with a slightly higher advance than the Ftse Mib in Milan (+ 2.6%), the Cac 40 in Paris (+ 1.46%) and the Dax from Frankfurt (+ 1.7%).

A barrel of

West Texas Intermediate

oil

(WTI), the benchmark for the United States, was trading at $ 50.77 at the end of the European session, while Brent crude, the benchmark for Europe, was $ 54.61.

For its part, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.2289

greenbacks

, while the Spanish risk premium stood at 61.4 basis points, with the interest required on the ten-year bond at 0.046%.

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