-- 週二盤前，美國股指期貨走高，近期人工智慧和科技領域的樂觀情緒提振了投資人信心，儘管美伊第二輪談判仍存在不確定性。 道瓊工業指數期貨上漲0.7%，標普500指數期貨上漲0.5%，那斯達克指數期貨上漲0.5%。 摩根大通(JPM)將標普500指數的年底目標價上調至7,600點，理由是人工智慧和科技驅動的獲利成長。亞馬遜(AMZN)表示，計劃向人工智慧聊天機器人Claude的開發商Anthropic投資50億美元，如果達到某些商業里程碑，未來可能會追加至多200億美元的投資。 美國總統川普對新一輪和平談判持樂觀態度，而伊朗則表示不會在「威脅的陰影下」進行談判。兩國之間的停火協議將於明天到期。 交易員們關注了最新一輪的財報，通用電氣航空航天公司（GE）和聯合健康集團（UNH）公佈的第一季調整後盈利和營收均有所增長。 油價基本持平，近月全球基準北海布蘭特原油下跌0.2%，至每桶95.30美元；美國西德州中質原油上漲0.2%，至每桶87.60美元。 彭博社彙整的預測顯示，將於美國東部時間上午8:30公佈的3月份零售銷售報告預計將成長1.4%，此前一個月成長0.6%。 參議院銀行委員會將於美國東部時間上午10:00舉行聯準會主席候選人凱文沃什的聽證會。
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