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多倫多證券交易所午盤下跌20點,多數股上漲

-- 多倫多證券交易所午盤下跌20點,多數股上漲。 電信和資訊科技板塊表現最佳,分別上漲1.5%和1.3%。 在加拿大,市場的焦點是3月的二手房銷售數據。 TD Economics在加拿大3月份二手房銷售數據表現疲軟(此前已連續四個月下滑)後表示:“顯然,市場在諸多不利因素的影響下仍在苦苦掙扎,這些因素包括就業市場疲軟、經濟不確定性、人口增長放緩以及住房負擔能力緊張。” TD補充道:“鑑於這些挑戰,2026年加拿大房地產市場預計將繼續保持溫和態勢。供需失衡將持續對卑詩省和安大略省的房價構成下行壓力。其他地區的房價增長應該會更加強勁,但隨著時間的推移,增速可能會放緩。” 當月新掛牌房源數量也持平。由於新增房源和銷售量都幾乎沒有變化,3月的銷售與新增房源比率維持在47.8%。道明銀行表示:“這遠低於長期平均水平,預示著未來房價將溫和增長。” 3月平均房價也維持平穩,而作為更「同類比較」指標的MLS房價指數較上季下降0.4%,較去年同期下降4.7%。獨立屋價格較上月下降0.3%,公寓價格較上季下降0.9%。 加拿大房地產協會(CREA)週四下調了今年的房屋銷售增長預期,原因是今年經濟開局“疲軟”,且加拿大央行今年晚些時候加息以抑製油價飆升導致的通脹的可能性增加。 CREA表示,預計2026年將售出約474,972套住宅,比2025年增加1%。這低於加拿大房地產協會(CREA)1月發布的5.1%的增幅預測。預計今年全國平均房價將年上漲1.5%,達到688,955美元,低於CREA 1月預測的2.8%的成長。 CREA也預測,到2027年,全國房屋銷售量將進一步成長2.1%,達到485,071套。如果提高利率無需抑制通膨,這項預測可能會上調至50萬套以上。 在公司新聞方面,First Capital REIT (FCR-UN.TO) 將被Choice Properties REIT (CHP-UN.TO) 和 KingSett 以現金加單位的方式收購,交易價值94億美元。 George Weston (WN.TO) 也參與了這項交易。

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