The futures of the Ibex 35 add 0.55% to 8,729 points, those of the DAX rise 0.22% to 15,455 points, those of the CAC 40 also advance, 0.77% to 7,057 units, for the FTSE 100 the increases are 0.70% and for the Italian stock market 0.67%. Euro Stoxx futures add 0.97% to 4,162 points.
FINANCIAL MARKETS
Euro STOXX 50 futures were up 8 points to 4,139.5, FTSE futures were up 37 points to 7,507.5, and German DAX futures were up 39 points to 15,403.0 by 0430 GMT.
Asian stocks were mixed, looking for support from the Amazon-led rebound in US futures, but oil’s rise to a seven-year high had traders on edge as prospects of interest rate hikes to curb losses. global inflationary pressures.
Oil prices rose, extending the previous session’s strong gains, as frigid weather spread across large parts of the United States, threatening to further disrupt oil supplies.
MACROECONOMIC DATA
Friday begins in Europe with German factory orders for December, where the PMI for the construction sector for January will also be published, while in France the industrial production for the last month of the year will be known. In Spain, the consumer confidence data will be published.
In the US, the focus will be on the unemployment rate for the month of January.
BUSINESS
Repsol says the complete cleanup of the oil spill in Peru would be completed by the end of March (Reuters)
Varapalo to Aena in its appeals to the law that cuts its rents (Expansión); The Provincial Court of Madrid denies Aena the question of unconstitutionality (El Confidencial)
Ferrovial wins its first major highway in India with IRB (Expansión)
Mexican businessman starts hiring advisors for offer by Citibanamex (Reuters)
Shell increased its dividend and share buyback again on Thursday after fourth-quarter profit hit its highest level in eight years, boosted by rising hydrocarbon prices and strong gas trading results. (Reuters)
BT said it would merge its sports TV unit with Discovery-owned Eurosport in the UK and Ireland, allowing it to keep the Premier League available to its customers and share the burden of expensive broadcast rights (Reuters)
ECONOMY AND POLITICS
The European Central Bank acknowledged on Thursday the growing inflationary risks in the euro zone and slightly opened the door to the possibility of a rate hike this year, in what markets interpreted as a turn in its so far accommodative monetary policy (Reuters)
The Bank of England raises interest rates to contain the inflationary spiral (Reuters)
The Congress of Deputies approves the labor reform by the minimum (Reuters)
One dead and 16 missing migrants off the Canary Islands (Reuters)
Four advisers to Boris Johnson resign in the United Kingdom when he tries to maintain his leadership (Reuters)
RESULTS
– Naturgy publishes 2021 results before the market opens and presents them at a conference (12:00 a.m.)