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多倫多證券交易所午盤下跌230點,資訊科技板塊和工業板塊表現最差。

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-- 多倫多證券交易所午盤下跌近230點,多數板塊走低,其中資訊科技板塊(-2.0%)和工業板塊(-1.8%)領跌。 能源板塊(+1.9%)表現最佳,主要受油價上漲提振。 加拿大央行維持基準利率不變,仍為2.25%。加拿大帝國商業銀行資本市場首席經濟學家艾佛瑞‧申菲爾德表示,鑑於未來前景不明朗,央行決定維持2.25%的政策利率並不令人意外。 申菲爾德指出,央行預計油價將在2027年年中逐步回落至每桶75美元,「這仍將推高短期通膨,但對經濟成長前景的影響與先前預測基本一致,即經濟成長放緩的進程非常緩慢」。儘管加拿大央行認為「迄今為止幾乎沒有跡象」表明能源價格上漲會波及核心通膨,但它表示不會讓「能源價格上漲演變為持續性通膨」。 申菲爾德表示:“如果這聽起來鷹派,值得注意的是,央行並不認為這種情況會發生。央行預計通膨率將飆升至3%,但會在明年初回落至2%的目標水平,我們也認同這一觀點。央行表示,雖然可能需要調整政策利率,但這些調整‘預計幅度不大’。” 股市方面,CGI(GIB-A.TO)在今天上午公佈第二季業績後,股價下跌近14%。 加拿大國家鐵路公司(CNR.TO)在公佈符合預期的第一季業績後,股價下跌6.1%。

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