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受中東和平希望重燃的提振,瑞士藍籌股指數本週收高。

-- 週五,瑞士股市出現反彈,瑞士市場指數收漲1.92%,因為市場對中東戰爭即將結束抱持新的希望。 伊朗外長在X平台上宣布,根據黎巴嫩和以色列之間生效的為期10天的停火協議,霍爾木茲海峽“完全開放”,所有商船“在停火剩餘期限內”均可通行。同時,美國總統川普在Truth Social平台上表示,美國對伊朗港口的封鎖將持續,「直到我們與伊朗的交易100%完成」。 在瑞士國內,瑞士在美國舉行的世界銀行集團和國際貨幣基金組織春季會議期間,與巴林簽署了一項投資保護協議。該協議將在兩國完成內部審批程序後生效。 在企業股方面,貝倫貝格銀行將VAT集團(VACN.SW)的目標股價從466瑞士法郎上調至480瑞士法郎,並維持對該股的「持有」評級不變,指出其潛在需求「持續強勁」。這家瑞士真空閥製造商第一季的訂單金額達到3.56億瑞士法郎,儘管交付受到中東戰爭造成的干擾。該股收盤上漲6.09%。 「在發布第一季業績更新後,VAT集團語氣自信,重申其對全年約13億瑞士法郎的預期銷售額感到滿意。然而,其隱含的增長軌跡遠非保守。根據第二季度2.65億至2.95億瑞士法郎的業績指引,這顯然表明今年的銷售增長將集中在下半年,需要強勁的下半年業績才能彌補的下半年業績,該研究機構在一份研究機構中。 “我們認為,這一指導意見實際上假設生產爬坡、供應鏈和客戶交付都能順暢運行,而鑑於當前形勢仍缺乏完全的透明度,我們認為這是一個很高的門檻。” Partners Group (PGHN.SW) 也收盤上漲 3.38%,該公司完成了第八期私募股權二級市場融資計劃,共獲得超過 90 億美元的客戶承諾投資。這家瑞士私募股權巨頭的該計畫已完成 60% 的投資,投資者基礎高度多元化,涵蓋歐洲、亞太和美國的機構投資者。

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