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受通膨壓力和中東緊張局勢影響,日本股市下跌。

-- 週五,日本股市收低,路透社一項調查顯示,受中東衝突導致能源成本上漲的影響,市場擔憂通膨上升,日本3月核心消費者物價指數(CPI)可能小幅上漲。 日經225指數下跌1.8%,或1042.44點,收在58475.90點。 路透社調查顯示,日本3月核心CPI預計年增1.8%,高於上月的1.6%,但連續第二個月低於日本央行2%的目標。 受中東緊張局勢影響的油價上漲和日圓走軟預計將繼續推高通膨壓力,但公用事業紓困措施可能會抵銷部分漲幅。 日本約95%的石油進口來自中東。日本央行總裁上田一夫表示目前沒有升息的緊迫性,暗示政策可能至少在6月之前保持不變。 企業方面,CCI集團(東京證券交易所代號:7381)股價下跌2%,此前其子公司北國銀行確認持有至到期證券未實現虧損65.6億日圓。 Nifco(東京證券交易所代號:7988)股價上漲1%,此前該公司宣布將從子公司Nifco Korea獲得約76.4億日圓的股息收入。丸紅株式會社(東京證券交易所代號:8002)股價下跌3%,此前其子公司SmartestEnergy以2.04億歐元收購了Factor Energia 85%的股份。

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