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スイスの主要株価指数は、中東和平への期待再燃を受け、週を好調に終えた。

-- スイス株式市場は金曜日に回復を見せ、スイス市場指数は1.92%高で取引を終えた。中東情勢の緊迫化への期待が高まったことが背景にある。 イラン外相はX日、レバノンとイスラエルの間で現在発効している10日間の停戦合意に基づき、ホルムズ海峡は「停戦期間中」すべての商船の航行に「完全に開放される」と宣言した。一方、ドナルド・トランプ米大統領はTruth Socialのプラットフォーム上で、イランとの取引が100%完了するまで、イランの港湾に対する米海軍の海上封鎖は継続すると述べた。 スイス国内では、世界銀行グループと国際通貨基金(IMF)の春季会合が米国で開催された際、スイスはバーレーンと投資保護協定を締結した。この協定は両国における国内承認手続き完了後に発効する。 企業株に目を向けると、ベレンベルグはVATグループ(VACN.SW)の目標株価を466フランから480フランに引き上げ、投資判断は「ホールド」で据え置いた。同社は、根底にある需要が「引き続き好調」であると指摘している。スイスの真空バルブメーカーであるVATグループの第1四半期の受注高は3億5600万フランに達したが、中東戦争による混乱の影響で納入は遅れた。株価は終値で6.09%上昇した。 「第1四半期の業績発表後、VATは自信に満ちた姿勢を示し、通期売上高の市場コンセンサス予想である約13億スイスフランに満足していると改めて表明した。しかし、これは決して保守的な見通しではない。第2四半期のガイダンスが2億6500万~2億9500万スイスフランであることから、明らかに下半期に業績が集中する年となり、下半期の好調な業績がギャップを埋める必要がある」と、ベレンベルグはレポートで述べている。 「我々の見解では、このガイダンスは事実上、生産拡大、サプライチェーン、顧客への配送がすべて円滑に進むことを前提としており、依然として完全な見通しが立たない状況下では、これは非常に高いハードルだと考えています。」 パートナーズ・グループ(PGHN.SW)は、8回目のプライベートエクイティ・セカンダリー・プログラムを成功裏に完了し、顧客から総額90億ドルを超える出資確約を得たことで、終値は3.38%高となった。スイスの大手プライベートエクイティ会社である同社のプログラムは、既に60%の出資確約を得ており、欧州、アジア太平洋、米国にまたがる機関投資家を含む、非常に多様な投資家層から構成されている。

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