-- スイスの主要株価指数であるスイス市場指数は、今週末に予定されている米イラン和平協議への慎重ながらも楽観的な見方を背景に、投資家が最新の経済動向を評価する中で、金曜日に0.18%上昇して取引を終えた。 KOFスイス経済研究所が発表した世界経済指標は4月に乖離し、一致指標は0.2ポイント低下して102.1ポイント、先行指標は1.7ポイント上昇して102.9ポイントとなった。 KOFのヤン=エグベルト・シュトゥルム所長は、「3月はイランとの戦争とホルムズ海峡の封鎖がニュースの見出しを独占したが、2つの世界指標の変動は比較的小幅だった。両指標とも平均をわずかに上回っている」と述べた。「今のところ、調査参加者はこの戦争は一時的で主に地域的なものと見ており、したがって経済状況に大きな影響を与えないと考えているようだ」と付け加えた。 関税問題に関して、スイスは7月末までに米国との貿易協定を最終合意することを目指しており、スイス政府は4月に第3回交渉を行う予定だとブルームバーグ通信が匿名の情報筋の話として報じた。 一方、政府のデータによると、スイスの消費者信頼感指数は3月にマイナス42.9ポイントとなり、2月のマイナス30.4ポイントから低下した。前年同月はマイナス34.8ポイントだった。経済省経済事務局によると、経済・金融見通しと大型購入時期に関する個別の指数は前年比で悪化したが、過去の金融状況に関する指標はほとんど変化がなかった。 企業別に見ると、ボサール(BOSN.SW)は第1四半期のグループ純売上高が前年同期の2億8330万フランから2億8490万フランに増加したと発表した。スイスの産業用締結・組立技術企業は、現在の市場の変動と2026年上半期の経済需要の低迷が予想されるにもかかわらず、中期的な財務目標達成への取り組みを継続すると発表した。同社の株価は終値で6.48%上昇した。 UBSグループ(UBSG.SW)の株価も0.96%上昇した。これは、スイス連邦刑事裁判所が、クレディ・スイスがモザンビーク国営企業に供与した融資に関連する資金洗浄事件について、UBSに対する訴訟を棄却したことを受けたもの。裁判所は、2023年にクレディ・スイスを買収したUBSに刑事責任が移転することはないと判断した。
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