The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has assured no cutbacks will be implemented in the fiscal balance plan Spain will present to the European Commission. Despite dropping from the eighth to the sixteenth position in the global economic ranking in recent years, the Spanish economy continues to attract American investment and remains open to foreign financial contributions. In line with this, InstaVolt is making inroads in the Iberian market, aspiring to launch 5,000 rapid and ultra-rapid charging points for electric vehicles in Spain and Portugal. However, a divide is apparent as a report from the Bank of Spain reveals a substantial wage gap between the public and private sectors in the country, one of the largest in the Eurozone, which can reach a 29% disparity.

The Brent reaches mid-day with an increase of 0.26 %, to reach the 77.8 dollars per barrel. The gold until mid-day has had an increase of 0.23 %, quoting at 2636.4 dollars per ounce. Now, regarding equity, the EURO STOXX 50 has gained 0.19 % until mid-day, reaching 4949.83 points. The DAX 30, with a 0.13 % gained until mid-day, is reaching 19088.6 points, the FTSE 100 has been going up 0.13 % until mid-day, reaching 8230.46 points, and the EURONEXT 100 has been gaining 0.21 % until mid-day, reaching 1480.17 points.

In addition, during the day the following indicators will be published: the Trade Balance of Germany in August.

Up until mid-day, the IBEX has got a decrease of (-0.02 %), to get to 11720.8 points. The best performers until the mid-day have been LABORATORIOS ROVI (+1.369 %), FLUIDRA (+1.042 %) and INDRA with an change of (+0.998 %) on its values respectively. The worst performers until the mid-day have been SOLARIA (-1.303 %), CAIXABANK (-1.082 %) and BANKINTER with a change of (-0.826 %) on its values respectively.