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スイス株は再びマイナス圏に転落。コメット・ライズ

-- スイス株式市場指数は水曜日、米国とイランの和平協議再開の可能性に関する報道を受け、0.38%安で取引を終え、再びマイナス圏に転落した。 INGのアナリストは、「米国とイランが第2回協議を予定し、イラン側も米国の海上封鎖を回避するため、イランへの物資輸送を停止する意向を示していることから、中東危機が解決に向かっているとの見方が市場の間で強まっている」と述べた。「先週末の第1回協議が不調に終わったことを考えると、現在のドル水準は時期尚早な楽観論を織り込んでいるように思われる」と指摘した。 一方、スイス国内では、連邦政府が電力供給条例や原子力エネルギー責任条例など、エネルギー分野における一部規制の改正に関する協議を開始した。意見募集は7月15日まで実施される予定です。 企業関連では、ドイツ銀行リサーチがコメット(COTN.SW)の目標株価を300フランから370フランに引き上げ、買い推奨としました。スイスのテクノロジー企業であるコメットの第1四半期の堅調な受注と、X線部門の「非常に強い」勢いを評価基準としています。株価は終値で1.98%上昇しました。 「当社の見解では、これはコメットのPCTにおける準上昇サイクルの始まりを示しており、OEM各社の在庫補充サイクルに牽引され、受注の強さは第2四半期(DBe:前期比+9%)および2026年下半期(VATで示されている通り)まで継続するでしょう」と、同リサーチ会社は述べています。 「コメットは、主要な米国拠点の競合他社(AEIS、MKSなど)が依然として規制を受けている中で、欧米のOEM企業と比較して市場シェアがかなり大きいと考えられます。しかし、最近のMATCH法(米国の同盟国間で輸出規制を統一することを目的とした法律)に関する動きは、潜在的な下振れリスクとして注意深く監視する必要があります。とはいえ、当社は非常に強気な見方を維持しています。2026年第2四半期から為替の逆風は大幅に緩和される見込みであり、コメットは2026年下半期にシナティアとCA20に関する好材料を発表するはずです。これらの分野では、過去6ヶ月間で勢いが増していると当社は考えています。」 ヘルベティア・バロワーズ(HBAN.SW)の株価も0.93%上昇しました。同社は2025年の保険収入が前年比で増加したと発表し、IFRS純利益は14.4%増の5億7470万フランとなりました。このスイスの保険グループは、2028年の新たな財務目標も設定し、その中には基礎EPSの年間成長率10~12%が含まれています。

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