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Spanish stock market rises 0.39 pct on Friday

Xinhua, April 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Spanish stock market index Ibex-35 rose 0.39 percent on Friday to close at 9,232.80 points, up from the 9,197.20 points of Thursday.

Share values were up 4.3 percent in the week as a whole with Spain's risk premium going from 135.20 points on Monday to 137.20 points on Friday and Spain's 10-year interest rate rising from 1.5 percent on Monday to 1.6 percent on Friday.

On Friday session, Gamesa shares led rises climbing 2.90 percent, followed by Tecnicas Reunidas, Banco Sabadell, Merlin, Mapfre and Bankinter that rose 2.65 percent, 2.54 percent, 2.17 percent, 1.95 percent and 1.30 percent respectively.

On the other hand, Telefonica shares led falls losing 1.35 percent, followed by Indra A, Aena, Abertis A, OHL and Enagas that lost 0.98 percent, 0.95 percent, 0.94 percent, 0.62 percent and 0.56 percent respectively. Enditem