Jan 6 (Reuters) - The main Spanish stock index opened Friday with a slight downward bias, in a day of reduced trading in Spain for the feast of the Epiphany, while global markets are awaiting the pulse of employment in the United States.

US December employment and wages data due out at 1330 GMT will be the main focus this week, as investors gauge how far the Fed is likely to raise rates and for how long.

Businesses are expected to have created 200,000 jobs in the month, a figure that could help the Fed pursue higher interest rates as it struggles to slow the labor market.

At 0811 GMT on Friday, Spain's selective Ibex-35 stock market index was down 12.10 points, or 0.14%, to 8,595.50 points, while the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index of large European stocks was up 0.08%.

In the banking sector, Santander rose 0.50%, BBVA gained 0.16%, Caixabank advanced 0.93%, Sabadell gained 1.99%, and Bankinter gained 1.82%.

Among the large non-financial stocks, Telefónica gained 0.17%, Inditex advanced 0.08%, Iberdrola dropped 2.44%, Cellnex fell 0.49%, and the oil company Repsol rose 0.44%.

(Information by Flora Gómez; edited by Benjamín Mejías Valencia)