-- タダウル総合株価指数は木曜日、米国とイラン、そしてウクライナとロシア間の地政学的紛争に関する最新情報に市場関係者が注目する中、週初来0.30%安で取引を終えた。 ロイター通信はパキスタンの情報筋の話として、イランと米国の戦争は、以前の合意失敗に関する「難題」が進展したことで、間もなく終結する可能性があると報じた。パキスタン外務省も、双方が交渉継続の意思を示しており、米国側は協議が「生産的かつ継続中」であると述べていることを確認した。 ダンスケ銀行はメモの中で、「前回の協議が停滞した後、今週末にパキスタンで米イラン協議が再開される可能性があるが、日程はまだ決まっていない。トランプ政権は水曜日、紛争解決に楽観的な見方を示し、トランプ大統領はフォックスニュースのインタビューで、イラン戦争は『ほぼ終結』したと述べた」と指摘した。 一方、ロシアによるウクライナへの新たな攻撃は、市場心理を冷え込ませている。キエフとオデッサでのストライキは、死傷者と物的損害をもたらした。 一方、国内では、ジャリール・マーケティング(SASE:4190)の株価が2.77%上昇した。同社は第1四半期に、帰属純利益が前年同期比で推定16.658%増加、売上高が14.371%増加したと発表している。 また、チェリー・トレーディング(SASE:4265)は、275台の車両について36ヶ月間のリース契約を締結した。同社の株価は0.16%下落して取引を終えた。
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