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スイス市場指数は下落傾向を継続、ABB株は上昇

-- スイス株式市場は3日連続で下落し、水曜日の終値はスイス市場指数が0.51%安となった。投資家は経済指標の発表を注視するとともに、中東の地政学的動向にも注目している。 「ドナルド・トランプ大統領は、イランが米国の不当な要求を理由に更なる交渉を拒否したことを受け、停戦期限直前に停戦を無期限に延長した。これは、トランプ大統領が以前は停戦延長を否定し、軍事行動を示唆していたことから、方針転換を意味する」とダンスケ銀行は述べた。「イランは停戦を要請しておらず、ホルムズ海峡問題も未解決のままであることから、現時点ではイランが優位に立っているようだ」。 その他の経済ニュースでは、英国の3月の年間インフレ率は2月の3%から3.3%に加速した一方、コアインフレ率は3.2%から3.1%にわずかに低下した。 企業ニュースでは、ABB(ABBN.SW)の第1四半期純利益が前年同期比で11億ドルから13億2000万ドルに急増しました。売上高は地政学的不確実性が高まる中、全地域で受注が2桁成長を記録したことで、同期間に18%増加し87億3000万ドルとなりました。スイスの電化・自動化企業であるABBの株価は、終値で3.40%上昇しました。 一方、スイス連邦評議会は、システム上重要な銀行であるUBSグループ(UBSG.SW)を含む国内銀行の資本規制に関する変更案を緩和しました。この一連の措置により、UBSの普通株式等Tier 1資本は200億ドル増加します。評議会は、スイス国立銀行(SNBN.SW)および金融市場監督機構(FINMA)と合意した上で、協議の結果を踏まえ、「当初の計画よりも緩和された」解決策を提案したと述べています。 「UBSは、政府の発表を受けて、提案されたパッケージに引き続き強く反対する。このパッケージは極端であり、国際的な整合性を欠き、政府の協議に対する回答者の大多数が表明した懸念を無視している」と述べた。「もしこの措置が採択されれば、スイス経済に広範囲にわたる影響を与えるだろう。UBSは、外国企業の参加に関する提案された扱いについて、議会審議プロセスにおいて、民主的な協議プロセス中に多くの利害関係者から提起された懸念が考慮されることを期待している」。株価は終値で0.15%上昇した。

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