The Spanish stock market index closed the last day of a week marked by the decisions of the central banks in positive territory, consolidating the 9,500 points.

The Fed ended this week its streak of 10 consecutive increases in the cost of borrowing, while the ECB raised the cost of funding by 25 basis points and maintained its rhetoric of more rate hikes needed.

During the day, Eurostat released the revised eurozone consumer price index data for May, which confirmed that core inflation in euro countries fell in May to 6.1%.

The focus in equities was on Ferrovial, on its first day trading under a new corporate umbrella following the relocation of its headquarters to the Netherlands.

The Spanish infrastructure company closed with a rise of 2.18% on the Spanish stock exchange.

This is the way things are going,

At 15:43 GMT on Friday, the Spanish selective stock market index Ibex-35 was up 64.20 points, or 0.68%, to 9,495.00 points, while the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index of large European stocks was up 0.68%.

In the banking sector, Santander rose 0.83%, BBVA gained 0.83%, Caixabank advanced 1.43%, Sabadell gained 1.90%, Bankinter gained 0.52%, and Unicaja Banco rose 0.59%.

Among the large non-financial stocks, Telefónica fell 0.90%, Inditex dropped 0.75%, Iberdrola gained 1.98%, Cellnex gained 0.80%, and the oil company Repsol rose 0.88%.

In weekly terms, the Ibex-35 rose by 1.99%.

(Information by José Muñoz, edited by Emma Pinedo)