-- 根據彭博社週三報道，挪威國家石油公司 (Equinor) 旗下能源交易部門 Danske Commodities 已裁員約 5%，以便更專注於技術業務。 彭博社引述電子郵件聲明稱，上個月有多達 28 名員工離職，但該聲明並未提供更多細節。 知情人士透露，交易員和其他員工都受到影響。已聯繫該公司尋求置評。 此次裁員發生在 Danske Commodities 重組亞洲業務之後，導致交易團隊規模縮小。彭博社的文章指出，該公司在市場波動和高價時期曾獲得巨額利潤，但在市場趨於平靜時卻難以複製這些收益。 該公司週四公佈的全年業績顯示，其全年利潤為 8,800 萬歐元（約 1.038 億美元）。 人力資源與文化副總裁喬納斯·斯科夫比約格·漢森在一份聲明中表示，此次裁員是必要的，目的是為了讓丹麥商品公司在「未來市場」中佔據有利地位，該策略將鞏固公司在科技交易和資產管理方面的優勢。 據丹麥商品公司官網顯示，該公司擁有超過600名員工。 （市場動態新聞來自與全球市場專業人士的對話。這些資訊被認為來自可靠來源，但可能包含傳聞和推測。準確性無法保證。）
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