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受通胀压力和中东紧张局势影响,日本股市下跌。

-- 周五,日本股市收低,路透社一项调查显示,受中东冲突导致能源成本上涨的影响,市场担忧通胀上升,日本3月份核心消费者价格指数(CPI)可能小幅上涨。 日经225指数下跌1.8%,或1042.44点,收于58475.90点。 路透社调查显示,日本3月份核心CPI预计同比上涨1.8%,高于上月的1.6%,但连续第二个月低于日本央行2%的目标。 受中东紧张局势影响的油价上涨和日元走软预计将继续推高通胀压力,但公用事业纾困措施可能会抵消部分涨幅。 日本约95%的石油进口来自中东。日本央行行长上田一夫表示目前没有加息的紧迫性,暗示政策可能至少在6月份之前保持不变。 企业方面,CCI集团(东京证券交易所代码:7381)股价下跌2%,此前其子公司北国银行确认持有至到期证券未实现亏损65.6亿日元。 Nifco(东京证券交易所代码:7988)股价上涨1%,此前该公司宣布将从子公司Nifco Korea获得约76.4亿日元的股息收入。丸红株式会社(东京证券交易所代码:8002)股价下跌3%,此前其子公司SmartestEnergy以2.04亿欧元收购了Factor Energia 85%的股份。

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