-- 週二，沙烏地阿拉伯證券交易所綜合指數（Tadawul All Share Index）收跌0.19%，因為市場對美伊和平談判前景的不確定性感到擔憂，投資人紛紛轉向避險。 路透社引述巴基斯坦消息人士的話報導，隨著為期兩週的停火即將結束，伊朗和美國將於週三在巴基斯坦伊斯蘭堡舉行會晤。美國將派遣副總統約翰·萬斯（JD Vance）參加會談，而伊朗代表團是否會出席則尚未可知。 德意志銀行研究部在一份報告中指出：「各種報道顯示，萬斯副總統預計將於今日啟程前往伊斯蘭堡。此外，《紐約時報》和其他媒體也報道稱，伊朗也將派遣代表團前往伊斯蘭堡參加談判。此前，伊朗外交部發言人曾表示德黑蘭沒有參加談判的計劃，這使得談判前景更加樂觀，但目前尚不清楚誰將率領伊朗代表團。 回到國內，沙烏地國家銀行（SASE:1180）、利雅德銀行（SASE:1010）、拉吉銀行（SASE:1120）和阿拉伯國家銀行（SASE:1080）公佈了2026年第一季的財務報表。截至3月31日的三個月內，這四家銀行的淨利和總營業利潤均有所增加。 「沙烏地阿拉伯國家銀行公佈2026年第一季淨利潤為64.23億沙烏地裡亞爾，比市場普遍預期（Visible Alpha）高出1.7%，比美國銀行高出2.2%，環比增長0.6%。淨撥備釋放（-32個基點）對利潤增長，起到了積極作用，抵消了低於預期的收入和收入增長。 沙烏地阿拉伯國民銀行和利雅德銀行分別下跌2.40%和0.23%，而拉吉銀行收盤上漲0.42%，阿拉伯國民銀行收盤上漲1.58%。 同時，阿拉伯互聯網與通訊服務公司（SASE:7202，又稱Solutions'）股價上漲0.68%，原因是該公司獲得了一個項目，將為沙烏地阿拉伯電信（SASE:7010，又稱stc）的資料中心設計、升級並提供設備。 stc股價收盤上漲0.05%。
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