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Spanish stock market rises 0.67 pct

Xinhua, June 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

Spain's benchmark stock market index Ibex-35 rose 0.67 percent on Friday to close at 10,944.30 points, up from the 10,871.90 points of Thursday, keeping an eye on the situation of Greece.

The whole week was marked by the ongoing negotiations between Greece and its creditors who so far have not been able to reach an agreement over its debt.

Share values were down 0.78 percent in the week as a whole with Spanish risk premium rising by around 10 points from a week ago to the 152.1 points of Friday closing time.

Spain's 10-year bond interest rate stood at 2.271 percent on Friday, showing no major variations in comparison with the week before.

On Friday's session OHL shares led rises climbing 18.47 percent followed by Abengoa "B", Tecnicas Reunidas, ACS, FCC and Grifols that rose 4.20 percent, 2.58 percent, 2.09 percent, 1.98 percent and 1.89 percent respectively.

On the other hand, BME shares led falls losing 2.17 percent followed by Acciona, Repsol, Amadeus, Gas Natural and Enagas that lost 0.82 percent, 0.68 percent, 0.44 percent, 0.33 percent and 0.24 percent respectively. Enditem