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Spanish stock market rises 0.13 pct

Xinhua, April 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Spain's benchmark stock market index Ibex-35 rose 0.13 percent on Friday to close at 11,749.30 points, up from the 11,734.60 points of Thursday.

IAG shares led rises on Friday climbing 2.27 percent, followed by DIA, ArcelorMittal, Grifols and Mediaset that rose 1.60 percent, 1.46 percent, 1.43 and 1.19 percent respectively.

On the other hand, Sacyr led falls losing 2.14 percent, followed by Banco Popular, Bankinter, OHL and BBVA that lost 2.09 percent, 1.83 percent, 1.51 percent and 0.80 percent.

Shares value were up 0.99 percent on the week as a whole, which was marked by the auction held on Tuesday by the Spanish treasury that placed six-month treasury bills at negative interest rates for the first time in history.

The Spanish risk premium stood at 108.2 points on Friday closing time rising from the 99.5 points of Tuesday closing time when the index opened for the first time after Easter holidays ended in Spain. Spain's 10-year bond interest rate stood at 1.234 percent on Friday, slightly above the 1.18 percent of Tuesday. Endit