Arcelor soars and Mapfre sinks in a week of slight falls in the Ibex 35

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He Ibex 35 closed this Friday with a weekly decrease of 0.94%in a context marked by volatility, geopolitical uncertainty and the continuous swings of the American president donald trump regarding tariffs. Despite everything, the Spanish selective has managed to maintain the rate, waiting for a decisive week in which two great catalysts will come together: the Federal Reserve interest rate meeting and the results presented by large technology companies such as Apple, Tesla or Meta.
From a technical point of view, as the BitcoinDynamic experts explain, our index could take a breather in the short term and go to 17,000 point support. Over, the resistance to beat is 17,833 integersall-time highs recently set. ARCELORMITTAL, OUTSTANDING LEADER OF THE WEEK On an individual level, the increases of the week have been clearly led by ArcelorMittalafter scoring a 9.08%thus consolidating its magnificent start to the year. Not in vain, so far in January, the steel group has already accumulated a rise close to 20%. On this occasion, their titles have been boosted by a positive advice from Citi strategists, who raised their target price on Thursday to 55 eurosfrom the previous 45, reiterating its ‘buy’ recommendation. According to the entity, the potential reinforcement of trade defense measures could help reduce imports and improve capacity utilization.
Furthermore, from a graphic point of view, the experts at BitcoinDynamic They highlight that the title has pierced the resistance of 42.51 euroswhich opens the door for it not to take long to reach the zone of 50 euros. The second place in the weekly classification has been for Puig Brandswhich has rebounded 3.53% and begins to offer clear signs of technical improvement. In fact, the fragrance group has managed to overcome the resistance of 16.22 eurosand analysts expect it to continue climbing positions in the coming sessions, with a first objective located at 17.45 euros.
Fluidra has completed the weekly podium, with a preview of the 2.49%confirming the good tone that has been showing since the beginning of the year. BitcoinDynamic experts trust that the value will maintain this positive behavior in the short term, setting its next goal at 30 euros.
Along with them, they have also placed themselves at the top of the table Solaria (+1.83%), IAG (+1.79%) and Acerinox (+1.28%). HARD PUNISHMENT FOR MAPFRE On the opposite side, the biggest weekly punishment has fallen on Mapfrewhich has been left a 10.02%. The insurer has been penalized by a negative recommendation of UBSwhose analysts advise selling with a target price of 3.85 eurosvery close to current price levels. According to the Swiss entity, the premium multiple does not adequately reflect the operational obstacles faced by the insurer.
Meanwhile, from a technical point of view, BitcoinDynamic warns that its price is approaching the support of the 3.75 euroswhose loss could mean a worrying change in trend.
Among the worst of these five sessions was also Indrawith a drop of 5.32%in what is understood as a profit taking logic after the spectacular performance of the defense sector company in recent months. Together with them, Redeia has given up a 3.28%prolonging its bad stock market moment. Ferrovial has cut a 3.20% after taking profits, while Amadeus has lost a 3.10%weighed down by the fear that artificial intelligence will erode its business model.
Action (-2.69%), Activate Energy (-2.38%) and Bankinter (-1.93%), after presenting their results for the last quarter of 2025have been other securities that have offered the worst performance.


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