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受地緣政治緊張局勢持續和潛在貨幣政策收緊的影響,英國股市下跌

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-- 週四,倫敦富時100指數收跌0.19%,原因是美伊和平談判的停滯加劇了衝突長期化和霍爾木茲海峽關閉的可能性,而最新的經濟數據也再次引發了人們對貨幣政策收緊的擔憂。 標普全球發布的初步數據顯示,英國4月私部門產出成長加速,製造業生產和服務業活動小幅反彈為其提供了支撐。英國4月PMI綜合產出指數初值達52,創兩個月新高,高於上月的50.3及市場普遍預期的49.8。 標普全球市場情報首席商業經濟學家克里斯·威廉森表示:「在中東戰爭的最初衝擊導致英國經濟增長在3月份停滯之後,4月份英國經濟獲得了一些新的增長動力,但這種回升並非毫無代價。」 “經濟擴張速度的提升部分反映了短期內因人們擔心戰爭導致物價上漲和供應短缺而搶購一空。 貝倫貝格銀行表示:“英國採購經理人指數(PMI)意外上升表明,英國經濟在第二季度可能保持一定的增長勢頭,但也意味著英國央行可能不得不提高利率以抑制通膨。” 「綜合產出PMI的上升使其與環比增長0.2%的預期相符,高於我們先前預測的產出持平(0.0%)。然而,英國銷售價格指數的漲幅高於歐元區,加上工資壓力強勁,表明在勞動力市場疲軟的背景下,出現第二輪效應(即工資上漲以跟上通脹步伐)的風險高於我們的預期。」 在公司新聞方面,J Sainsbury's(股票代碼:SBRY.L)公佈了2026財年初步利潤和營收的年度增長,但同時警告稱,中東衝突將對其客戶和業務造成壓力。這家英國連鎖超市成為富時100指數中表現最差的公司之一,收盤時股價下跌3.68%。 「2025財年基本上符合預期,獲利10.25億英鎊,自由現金流超出預期2.5%。第四季食品雜貨業務表現疲軟(低於預期30個基點),成長4.5%,但一般商品業務表現優異,超出疲軟的預期。

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