-- 週二盤前,美國股指期貨漲跌互現,美伊僵局持續,看不到盡頭。同時,OpenAI未能達成目標的消息引發了人們對其在資料中心巨額支出的擔憂。 道瓊工業指數期貨上漲0.2%,標普500指數期貨下跌0.6%,那斯達克指數期貨下跌1.1%。 路透社引述美國官員的話報道,川普總統對伊朗提出的結束中東衝突的最新方案感到不滿。伊朗提議將核談判延後到以後,以此重新開放霍爾木茲海峽,而川普則希望從一開始就解決核問題。 根據《華爾街日報》引述知情人士的消息報道,微軟支持的OpenAI近期未能實現其新用戶和營收的內部目標,這引發了公司領導層對其能否支撐其在數據中心方面的巨額支出的擔憂。 交易員們正在消化最新一輪的財報。可口可樂 (KO) 公佈的第一季調整後獲利和營收均有所成長,而諾華 (NVS) 則公佈的第一季核心獲利和淨銷售額均出現下滑。 油價上漲,近月全球基準北海布蘭特原油上漲4%,至每桶105.74美元;美國西德州中質原油上漲5.4%,至每桶101.75美元。 彭博社總結的預測顯示,美國東部時間上午9點公佈的2月標普-凱斯-席勒房價指數預計將上漲0.2%,與上月漲幅相近。 美國東部時間上午10點公佈的4月消費者信心指數預計將從91.8降至89.0。
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