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Spanish stock market falls 1.45 pct, closes at 11,217 points

Xinhua, May 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Spain's benchmark stock market index Ibex 35 fell 1.45 percent on Friday to close at 11,217.60 points, down from the 11,382.80 points of Thursday.

OHL led falls losing 4.66 percent, followed by Mediaset, IAG, BME and ArcelorMittal that lost 3.74 percent, 3.54 percent, 3.53 percent and 2.88 percent respectively.

Meanwhile, share values were down 2.91 percent in the week as a whole with the risk premium climbing from 117 points on Monday to 136 points on Friday closing time. Spain's 10-year bond interest rate stood at 1.8 percent, showing no major variations with Monday closing time.

The week was also marked by the results of local and regional elections in Spain and new data about the country's economic growth that rose by 0.9 percent in the first quarter of the year, according to Spain's Statistical Office (INE). Endit