-- アジア株式市場は金曜日、ハイテク関連銘柄が再び注目を集める一方で、中東情勢や原油価格の動向にも注目が集まり、まちまちの動きとなった。 香港と東京は上昇して取引を終えた一方、上海は小幅下落した。その他の地域市場もまちまちの動きとなったが、台湾証券取引所(TWSE)はAIセクターへの期待感と、台湾の半導体大手である台湾積体電路製造(TSMC)への機関投資家の投資拡大を可能にする規制変更を受けて3.2%上昇した。 ブレント原油先物価格は取引時間中に1バレル107.12ドルで取引され、2%上昇した。 日本では、日経平均株価は高値で寄り付き、その後も堅調に推移し、ハイテク・AI関連銘柄の上昇に支えられ1%高で取引を終えた。 日経平均株価は575.95円高の59,716.18円で取引を終えた。値下がり銘柄数は131銘柄、値上がり銘柄数は91銘柄だった。 上昇を牽引したのはハイテク・セラミックスメーカーのイビデンで12.6%高となった一方、イメージングメーカーのコニカミノルタは10.6%安となった。 経済ニュースでは、日本の消費者物価指数(CPI)コア(生鮮食品を除く)が3月に前年同月比1.8%上昇し、2月の1.6%上昇から加速したと統計局が発表した。 総合CPIは3月に前年同月比1.5%上昇し、2月の1.3%上昇から加速した。 香港のハンセン指数は寄り付きは安かったものの、終値は0.2%高と小幅上昇した。これは、ハイテクセクターへの期待感と地政学的緊張の高まりが織り交ぜられた動きだった。ハンセン指数は62.87ポイント上昇し、25,978.07となりました。値上がり銘柄数は46銘柄、値下がり銘柄数は43銘柄でした。ハンセン・テック指数は0.8%上昇、中国本土不動産指数は0.3%下落しました。 上昇を牽引したのはSMIC(半導体製造国際)で10%上昇、一方、李汽車は4.4%下落しました。 中国本土では、上海総合指数は0.3%下落し、4,079.90となりました。 その他の地域市場では、韓国のKOSPI指数は横ばい、台湾のTWSE指数は3.2%上昇、オーストラリアのASX200指数は0.1%下落、シンガポールのストレーツ・タイムズ指数は0.4%下落、タイのSET指数は0.4%下落しました。ムンバイ市場の終盤取引で、センセックス指数は1.2%下落した。 MSCIオールカントリー・アジア太平洋指数は同日0.4%上昇した。
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