Spanish stock market falls 1.25%, closes at 8823 points

The Spanish stock market index Ibex-35 fell 1.25 percent on Friday to close at 8,823.60 points, down from the 8,934.90 points of Thursday.

Share values were up 2.2 percent in the week as a whole with the Spanish risk premium falling from the 108.20 points of seven days ago to the 104.70 points of Friday closing time.

Spain's 10-year bond interest rate also fell from the 1.08 percent of seven days ago to the 0.9 percent of Friday's closing time.

On Friday session, Banco Sabadell shares led falls losing 4.15 percent, followed by Caixabank, Bankinter, Banco Santander, Bankia and Banco Popular that lost 3.75 percent, 3.26 percent, 3.25 percent, 3.14 percent and 2.70 percent respectively.

On the other hand, ArcelorMittal shares led rises climbing 2.43 percent, followed by ACS, Melia, Merlin and Repsol that rose 0.71 percent, 0.26 percent, 0.05 percent and 0.04 percent respectively.

Source : XINHUA